@techreport{kumar-sfc-nsh-udp-transport-03,
    number =    {draft-kumar-sfc-nsh-udp-transport-03},
    type =      {Internet-Draft},
    institution =   {Internet Engineering Task Force},
    publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force},
    note =      {Work in Progress},
    url =       {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-kumar-sfc-nsh-udp-transport/03/},
    author =    {Surendra Kumar and Larry Kreeger and Sumandra Majee and Walter Haeffner and Rajeev Manur and David T. Melman},
    title =     {{UDP Transport for Network Service Header}},
    pagetotal = 16,
    year =      2017,
    month =     feb,
    day =       22,
    abstract =  {This draft describes the transport encapsulation to carry Network Service Header (NSH) over UDP transport protocol. This enables applications and services using NSH to communicate over a simple layer-3 network without topological constraints. It brings down the barrier to deploy NSH by not requiring additional overhead as is typical of overlay encapsulation mechanisms designed on top of UDP. As a first benefit, this method eases the deployment of Service Function Chaining (SFC) by allowing SFC components to utilize the basic UDP/IP stack available in virtually all network elements and end systems to setup the virtual network and realize Service Function Chains (SFCs).},
}