Operational Issues with Processing of the Hop-by-Hop Options Header
draft-ietf-v6ops-hbh-00
| Document | Type | Expired Internet-Draft (v6ops WG) | |
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| Authors | Shuping Peng , Zhenbin Li , Chongfeng Xie , Zhuangzhuang Qin , Gyan Mishra | ||
| Last updated | 2022-04-14 (Latest revision 2021-10-11) | ||
| Replaces | draft-peng-v6ops-hbh | ||
| Stream | Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) | ||
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https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-v6ops-hbh-00.txt
Abstract
This document describes the processing of the Hop-by-Hop Options Header (HBH) in today's routers in the aspects of standards specification, common implementations, and default operations. This document outlines the reasons why the Hop-by-Hop Options Header is rarely utilized in current networks. In addition, this document describes how the HBH could be used as a powerful mechanism allowing deployment and operations of new services requiring a more optimized way to leverage network resources of an infrastructure. The Hop-by- Hop Options Header is taken into consideration by several network operators as a valuable container for carrying the information facilitating the introduction of new services. The purpose of this draft is to document the reasons why the HBH is rarely used within networks and to define a proper list of requirements aiming to allow a better leverage of the HBH capability.
Authors
Shuping Peng
Zhenbin Li
Chongfeng Xie
Zhuangzhuang Qin
Gyan Mishra
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