This paper and the paper "Optimized Routing for Efficient Mobility over IP Networks for Multimedia Transmission" Information Technology: Coding and Computing [Computers and Communications], 2003. Proceedings. ITCC 2003. International Conference on 28-30 April 2003 Page(s):244 - 247 by M. Ali Malik and Iqbal Gondal" are based on same original internal report and neither group was aware that the other was going to publish the report.

Despite high compression techniques for multimedia data transmission over mobile networks, there is need to have efficient routing to meet QoS requirements. This paper presents experimental study to optimize the routing for mobile users running multimedia applications. This approach is another milestone in providing best connectivity to mobile users in any locations, whether wired or wireless. The approach is based on IP Mobility Support protocol [1], which supports seamless switching between different networks and communication devices. The approach proposes a routing optimization solution, which ensures minimum possible delays in packet routing. The packet loss rates for switching from the wired to wireless and vice versa are investigated by simulations.