I-D ACTION:draft-iponair-dna-polimand-02.txt

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	Title		: Policy Based Mobile IP Handoff Decision (POLIMAND)
	Author(s)	: S. Aust, et al.
	Filename	: draft-iponair-dna-polimand-02.txt
	Pages		: 10
	Date		: 2005-2-22

A handover is the process during which a mobile node is handed over 
  between access networks. Especially for vertical handovers in overlay 
  networks the mobile node changes the access network using multiple 
  interfaces including different link layers, e.g., WLAN, GPRS, and 
  UMTS. Handovers occur as a consequence of lower layer (i.e., link-
  layer) handovers that signify a switch of the physical connection to 
  a new location. For the duration of a handover, a mobile node is 
  unable to send or receive traffic. The length of this disruption is 
  considered critical because it affects the performance of the 
  communication. An additional factor is the link layer selection. It 
  implies the selection of the most suitable link layer from which a 
  mobile node should receive services.

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