GEO-LOCALIZATION TO ENHANCE SCTP HANDOVER IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTS BETWEEN SATELLITE NETWORKS AND WLAN

The rise of new ways of communication along with the spread of mobile Internet will encourage the evolution of public transports to provide uninterrupted Internet service to its customers. It is obvious that using multiple technologies such as Wi-Fi, 3G and satellite each with their own characteristics will enhance the connectivity. Current proposals for mobility are mainly based on the use of proxies and need the modification ohttp://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/index.php?halsid=c5fs9besq856h9qvm2cgvab5h1&action_todo=submit&format_depot=submit_art&classe_depot=COMM_ACTf the infrastructure. The multi-homing feature included in SCTP allows roaming without losses and without interrupting the session. This study focuses on the use of geo-localization to improve SCTP handover, and shows how it can be implemented and what improvements can be done.