Bundle Protocol
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Delay-Tolerant Networking Working Group S. Burleigh
Internet Draft JPL, Calif. Inst. Of Technology
Intended status: Standards Track K. Fall
Expires: February 2018 Nefeli Networks, Inc.
E. Birrane
APL, Johns Hopkins University
August 8, 2017
Bundle Protocol
draft-ietf-dtn-bpbis-08.txt
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Abstract
This Internet Draft presents a specification for Bundle Protocol,
adapted from the experimental Bundle Protocol specification
developed by the Delay-Tolerant Networking Research group of the
Internet Research Task Force and documented in RFC 5050.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction...................................................3
2. Conventions used in this document..............................5
3. Service Description............................................5
3.1. Definitions...............................................5
3.2. Discussion of BP concepts.................................9
3.3. Services Offered by Bundle Protocol Agents...............11
4. Bundle Format.................................................12
4.1. BP Fundamental Data Structures...........................12
4.1.1. CRC Type............................................12
4.1.2. CRC.................................................13
4.1.3. Bundle Processing Control Flags.....................13
4.1.4. Block Processing Control Flags......................14
4.1.5. Identifiers.........................................15
4.1.5.1. Endpoint ID....................................15
4.1.5.2. Node ID........................................16
4.1.6. DTN Time............................................17
4.1.7. Creation Timestamp..................................17
4.1.8. Block-type-specific Data............................17
4.2. Bundle Representation....................................17
4.2.1. Bundle..............................................17
4.2.2. Primary Bundle Block................................18
4.2.3. Canonical Bundle Block Format.......................19
4.3. Extension Blocks.........................................20
4.3.1. Previous Node.......................................21
4.3.2. Bundle Age..........................................21
4.3.3. Hop Count...........................................22
5. Bundle Processing.............................................22
5.1. Generation of Administrative Records.....................23
5.2. Bundle Transmission......................................23
5.3. Bundle Dispatching.......................................24
5.4. Bundle Forwarding........................................24
5.4.1. Forwarding Contraindicated..........................26
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