Introduction

Quick review of IP, What is Mobile IP? What Mobile IP provides, Mobility requirements, Where Mobile IP is required, where mobile IP is not required, DHCP as an alternative, Proxy ARP as an alternative. 

Architecture 

Mobile node, home network, home agent, Foreign agent, Fixed home address, Care of address, Correspondent node, Tunnelling.

How Mobile IP Works 

Using two addresses, issues with TCP, discovering the care of address, registering care of address, tunnelling the care of address. The protocols involved.

Issues with Mobile IP 

Routing inefficiencies, Security and firewalls, ingress filtering, QoS. 

MIP and IPv6 

Stateless address configuration, Neighbour discovery, miscellaneous.