%% You should probably cite draft-generic-6man-tunfrag-09 instead of this revision. @techreport{generic-6man-tunfrag-02, number = {draft-generic-6man-tunfrag-02}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-generic-6man-tunfrag/02/}, author = {Fred Templin}, title = {{IPv6 Source Fragmentation for Link Adaptation Avoidance}}, pagetotal = 5, year = 2012, month = jul, day = 5, abstract = {IPv6 intentionally deprecates fragmentation by routers in the network. Instead, links with restricting MTUs must either drop each too-large packet and return an ICMP Packet Too Big message or perform link-specific fragmentation (also known as "link adaptation") at a layer below IPv6. This latter category of links is often performance-challenged to accommodate steady-state link-specific fragmentation to the point that it would be highly desirable to push the fragmentation burden back to the IPv6 source. A common case that exhibits these link characteristics is seen for IPv6-within-IP tunnels. This document therefore proposes an update to the base IPv6 specification to support link adaptation avoidance.}, }