@techreport{dz-bfd-extensions-for-vl-packets-00, number = {draft-dz-bfd-extensions-for-vl-packets-00}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-dz-bfd-extensions-for-vl-packets/00/}, author = {Xuehui Dai and Lei Zhang and Hongbo Wei and Wantao Wu}, title = {{BFD extensions for variable length packets}}, pagetotal = 15, year = 2010, month = feb, day = 28, abstract = {This document extends BFD mechanism to support detection function for packets with variable lengths. Through dynamically changing the length of BFD packets, it can detect both traditional faults such as link failure or route fault, as well as non-forwarding problem for packets with a length in a special range, which maybe caused by equipment's internal defects.}, }