In this paper, we propose a new mobility management network, i-FP, to be used in the smart factory that continues to develop in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. i-FP was created to solve the current local mobility management problem of legacy frameworks. MN (mobile node) refers to a mobile device in a manufacturing environment that includes workers, production facilities, and AGV. To allow mobile nodes (MNs) to move from one domain to another, i-FP uses three network entities: LFA (Local Factory Anchor), FAG (Factory Access Gateway), and MN, as an extended concept of PMIPv6. Among the three network entities in i-FP, LFA and FAG can act as edge intelligence devices to reduce the handover latency of the MNs. i-FP also uses IP header-swapping mechanisms to prevent traffic overhead and enhance network throughput. We evaluate new framework i-FP, PMIPv6, and HMIPv6, which are legacy protocols of local mobility management, in various ways and evaluate three schemes. We confirm that i-FP works better than do the other network methods used in the smart factory.
Design and Performance Analysis for Edge Intelligence-Based F-PMIPv6 Mobility Support for Smart Manufacturing