IPv6 Path MTU Interactions With Link Adaptation
draft-templin-6man-linkadapt-02
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| Author | Fred Templin | ||
| Last updated | 2015-08-31 (Latest revision 2015-02-27) | ||
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Abstract
IPv6 intentionally deprecates fragmentation by routers in the network. Instead, links with restricting Maximum Transmission Units (MTUs) must either drop each too-large packet and return an ICMPv6 Packet Too Big (PTB) message or perform link-specific fragmentation and reassembly (also known as "link adaptation") at a layer below IPv6. This latter category of links is often performance-challenged to accommodate steady-state link adaptation. This document therefore proposes an update to the base IPv6 specification to better accommodate links that require link-specific adaptation.
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