Providing Seamless Mobility Using the FOCALE Autonomic Architecture

Existing wireless networks have little in common, as they are designed around vendor-specific devices that use specific radio access technologies to provide particular functionality. Next generation networks seek to integrate wired and wireless networks in order to provide seamless services to the end user. Seamless Mobility is an experiential architecture, predicated on providing mechanisms that enable a user to accomplish his or her tasks without regard to technology, type of media, or device. This paper examines how autonomic mechanisms can satisfy some of the challenges in realizing seamless mobility solutions.

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