Network Working Group T. Clausen
Request for Comments: 5444 LIX, Ecole Polytechnique
Category: Standards Track C. Dearlove
BAE Systems ATC
J. Dean
Naval Research Laboratory
C. Adjih
INRIA Rocquencourt
February 2009
Generalized Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET) Packet/Message Format
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Abstract
This document specifies a packet format capable of carrying multiple
messages that may be used by mobile ad hoc network routing protocols.
Clausen, et al. Standards Track [Page 1]RFC 5444 MANET Packet Format February 2009Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................3
2. Notation and Terminology ........................................4
2.1. Notation ...................................................4
2.1.1. Elements ............................................4
2.1.2. Variables ...........................................5
2.2. Terminology ................................................5
3. Applicability Statement .........................................6
4. Protocol Overview and Functioning ...............................7
5. Syntactical Specification .......................................7
5.1. Packets ....................................................8
5.2. Messages ...................................................9
5.3. Address Blocks ............................................11
5.4. TLVs and TLV Blocks .......................................14
5.4.1. TLVs ...............................................14
5.4.2. TLV Usage ..........................................17
5.5. Malformed Elements ........................................18
6. IANA Considerations ............................................18
6.1. Expert Review: Evaluation Guidelines ......................18
6.2. Message Types .............................................20
6.2.1. Message-Type-Specific TLV Registry Creation ........20
6.3. Packet TLV Types ..........................................21
6.3.1. Packet TLV Type Extension Registry Creation ........21
6.4. Message TLV Types .........................................21
6.4.1. Message TLV Type Extension Registry Creation .......22
6.5. Address Block TLV Types ...................................22
6.5.1. Address Block TLV Type Extension Registry
Creation ...........................................23
7. Security Considerations ........................................23
7.1. Authentication and Integrity Suggestions ..................23
7.2. Confidentiality Suggestions ...............................24
8. Contributors ...................................................25
9. Acknowledgments ................................................25
10. References ....................................................26
10.1. Normative References .....................................26
10.2. Informative References ...................................27
Appendix A. Multiplexing and Demultiplexing .......................28
Appendix B. Intended Usage ........................................28
Appendix C. Examples ..............................................30
C.1. Address Block Examples ....................................30
C.2. TLV Examples ..............................................32
Appendix D. Illustrations .........................................34
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