6man Working Group                                           S. Krishnan
Internet-Draft                                               A. Kavanagh
Intended status: Standards Track                                Ericsson
Expires: April 30, 2009                                 October 27, 2008


        Line identification in IPv6 Router Solicitation messages
                     draft-krishnan-6man-rs-mark-00

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Abstract

   In ethernet based aggregation networks, several subscriber premises
   may be connected to the same interface of an access router.  This
   document proposes a method for the access router to identify the
   subscriber premises using the contents of the received router
   solicitation messages.


Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
     1.1.  Conventions used in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
   2.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
   3.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
   4.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
   Intellectual Property and Copyright Statements  . . . . . . . . . . 8

































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1.  Introduction

   In ethernet based aggregation networks, several subscriber premises
   may be connected to the same interface of an access router.  This
   document proposes a method for the access router to identify the
   subscriber premises using the contents of the received router
   solicitation messages.

1.1.  Conventions used in this document

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL","SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
   document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].






































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2.  Security Considerations

   TBD
















































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3.  IANA Considerations

   TBD
















































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4.  Normative References

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.















































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Authors' Addresses

   Suresh Krishnan
   Ericsson
   8400 Blvd Decarie
   Town of Mount Royal, Quebec
   Canada

   Email: suresh.krishnan@ericsson.com


   Alan Kavanagh
   Ericsson
   8400 Blvd Decarie
   Town of Mount Royal, Quebec
   Canada

   Email: alan.kavanagh@ericsson.com

































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