IPv6 Extended Fragment Header
draft-templin-6man-ipid-ext-14
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Author | Fred Templin | ||
Last updated | 2024-02-01 | ||
Replaced by | draft-templin-6man-ipid-ext2 | ||
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Consensus boilerplate | Unknown | ||
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IESG | IESG state | Replaced by draft-templin-6man-ipid-ext2 | |
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Abstract
The Internet Protocol, version 4 (IPv4) header includes a 16-bit Identification field in all packets, but this length is too small to ensure reassembly integrity even at moderate data rates in modern networks. Even for Internet Protocol, version 6 (IPv6), the 32-bit Identification field included when a Fragment Header is present may be smaller than desired for some applications. This specification addresses these limitations by defining an IPv6 Extended Fragment Header that includes a 64-bit Identification; it further defines a control messaging service for fragment retransmission and reassembly congestion management.
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