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Universal Mobile Addressing in the Internet Jorge A. Cobb Chris C. Edmondson-Yurkanan Mohamed G. Gouda Department of Computer Sciences University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas 78712-1188 Abstract other until each message arrives at its destina- To support mobility, we propose to use a triple tion host. (M, N, d) as an address for every stationary or Each host has a unique name of the form mobile computer in a multi-network system, (N, d), where N is the network to which the like the Internet. In this (M, N, d) address, M is host is attached, and d is a unique identifier for the network where the computer is currently the host in network N. located, N is the network where the computer Each router has a set of two or more unique is usually lo cated, and d is a unique identifier names of the form of the computer in network N. The address of { (N , d ), ... , (N , d ) } 0 0 r r a stationary computer is always (N, N, d), where N0 , ... , N r are the networks to which while the address of a mobile computer is (M, N, d), where M may be differe