IANA Allocations for Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET) Protocols
RFC 5498
Network Working Group I. Chakeres
Request for Comments: 5498 CenGen
Category: Standards Track March 2009
IANA Allocations for Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET) Protocols
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Abstract
This document enumerates several common IANA allocations for use by
Mobile Ad hoc NETwork (MANET) protocols. The following well-known
numbers are required: a UDP port number, an IP protocol number, and a
link-local multicast group address.
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RFC 5498 IANA Allocations for MANET Protocols March 2009
Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................2
2. Conventions Used in This Document ...............................2
3. UDP Port Number .................................................2
4. IP Protocol Number ..............................................2
5. Link-Local Multicast Group for MANET Routers ....................3
6. IANA Considerations .............................................3
7. Security Considerations .........................................4
8. Acknowledgements ................................................4
9. References ......................................................5
9.1. Normative References .......................................5
9.2. Informative References .....................................5
1. Introduction
This document enumerates several common IANA allocations for use by
one or more protocols that conform to [RFC5444]. The following
well-known numbers are required: a UDP port number, an IP protocol
number, and a link-local multicast group address. All interoperable
protocols running on these well-known IANA allocations MUST conform
to [RFC5444]. [RFC5444] provides a common format that enables one or
more protocols to share the IANA allocations defined in this document
unambiguously.
2. 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 RFC 2119 [RFC2119].
3. UDP Port Number
MANET routers require a well-known UDP port number [IANA] to send and
receive MANET routing protocol packets. The title of this UDP port
is "manet". The value of this UDP port is 269.
4. IP Protocol Number
MANET routers require a well-known IP protocol number [IANA] to send
and receive MANET routing protocol packets. The title of this IP
protocol number is "manet". The value of this IP protocol number is
138.
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5. Link-Local Multicast Group for MANET Routers
MANET routers require a well-known, link-local multicast address
[RFC4291] to send and receive MANET routing protocol packets. The
name of the multicast address to reach link-local (LL) MANET routers
is "LL-MANET-Routers".
For IPv4, a well-known, link-local scope multicast address is
required. The address for LL-MANET-Routers is 224.0.0.109.
For IPv6, a well-known, link-local scope multicast address is
required. The address for LL-MANET-Routers is FF02:0:0:0:0:0:0:6D.
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