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IPv6 Multicast Address With Embedded IPv4 Multicast Address
draft-ietf-mboned-64-multicast-address-format-05

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MBONED Working Group                                   M. Boucadair, Ed.
Internet-Draft                                            France Telecom
Intended status: Standards Track                                  J. Qin
Expires: October 20, 2013                                          Cisco
                                                                  Y. Lee
                                                                 Comcast
                                                               S. Venaas
                                                           Cisco Systems
                                                                   X. Li
                                       CERNET Center/Tsinghua University
                                                                   M. Xu
                                                     Tsinghua University
                                                          April 18, 2013

      IPv6 Multicast Address With Embedded IPv4 Multicast Address
            draft-ietf-mboned-64-multicast-address-format-05

Abstract

   This document reserves one bit (M-bit) of the unicast prefix-based
   multicast IPv6 address for ASM and an IPv6 multicast prefix for SSM
   mode to be used in the context of IPv4-IPv6 interconnection.

   The document specifies an algorithmic translation of an IPv6
   multicast address to a corresponding IPv4 multicast address, and vice
   versa.  This algorithmic translation can be used in both IPv4-IPv6
   translation or encapsulation schemes.

Requirements Language

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
   document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [RFC2119].

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   2.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.  IPv4-Embedded IPv6 Multicast Prefix & Address . . . . . . . .   4
     3.1.  ASM Mode  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     3.2.  SSM Mode  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     3.3.  IPv4-Embedded IPv6 Multicast Address  . . . . . . . . . .   5
     3.4.  Address Translation Algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     3.5.  Textual Representation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     3.6.  Source IPv4 Address in the IPv6 Realm . . . . . . . . . .   6
   4.  Examples  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   5.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   6.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   7.  Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   8.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     8.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     8.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   Appendix A.  Motivations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
     A.1.  Why an Address Format is Needed for Multicast IPv4-IPv6
           Interconnection?  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9