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The Seamoby Candidate Access Router Discovery, or CARD, is an experimental protocol outlined by RFC 4065 and RFC 4066.[1][2]
The protocol is designed to speed up the hand over of IP devices between wireless access routers (AR).[1] The protocol defines a mechanism that can be used by an access router to automatically discover its neighbor with help of mobile devices.[2] Based on some trigger, mobile devices scan for neighbor access points (AP) and report list of newly found access point identifiers to the connected access router.[2] The connected access router performs reverse look up using AP id(s) to identify the candidate access routers that are connected to the newfound access points.[2] The connected access router updates its neighbor list with IP address and capability of newly found access routers. The neighbor list can be used for inter-AR handover decision making.[2]
A similar idea is currently used by 3GPP SON protocol (a.k.a. ANR) for discovering candidate access points. However, ANR protocol extends RRC and X2 protocols to support CARD-like functionality for L2 networking.
The SEAMOBY working group was disbanded in fall 2004.[3]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Kempf, J. (July 2005). Instructions for Seamoby and Experimental Mobility Protocol IANA Allocations. IETF. doi:10.17487/RFC4065. RFC 4065. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Chaskar, H.; Funato, D.; Shim, E. (July 2005). Liebsch, M.; Singh, A. (eds.). Candidate Access Router Discovery (CARD). IETF. doi:10.17487/RFC4066. RFC 4066. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ↑ Jacquenet, Christian; Bourdon, Gilles; Boucadair, Mohamed (2008). Service Automation and Dynamic Provisioning Techniques in IP / MPLS Environments. Wiley. p. 183. ISBN 978-0470035153. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
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