TIPS

Abstract

TIPS (Transparent IP Sockets) is a wrapping implementation of specific functions of the BSD sockets API to provide support for transparent IP mobility at the application level. Implemented on top of the transport layer it allows UDP and TCP communications to be immune to both client and server terminal migration (single and double jump). Location independent identification, and lossless data transmissions are provided with reduced overhead. The use of a Distributed Hash Table for keeping terminal location information also allows for scalable operation.