Abstract

This chapter introduces the basic procedures of Mobile Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6). The chapter discusses how the KAME Mobile IPv6 stack implements the specification in detail and explains the usage of the stack. Mobile IPv6 adds the mobility function to IPv6. Mobile IPv6 is specified in (RFC3775) and (RFC3776). An IPv6 host that supports the Mobile IPv6 function can move around the IPv6 Internet. The host that supports Mobile IPv6 can change its point of attachment to the IPv6 Internet whenever it wants. If a host does not support Mobile IPv6, all the existing connections on the host are terminated when it changes its point of attachment. A connection between two nodes is maintained by the pairing of the source address and the destination address. The Mobile IPv6 specification defines three types of nodes—namely, mobile node, home agent, and correspondent node. The Mobile IPv6 specification defines a new method of creating a shared secret between a mobile node and a correspondent node. The procedure is called the “return routability” procedure.

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