Transmission of IPv4 Packets over the IP Convergence Sublayer of IEEE 802.16
RFC 5948
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) S. Madanapalli
Request for Comments: 5948 iRam Technologies
Category: Standards Track S. Park
ISSN: 2070-1721 Samsung Electronics
S. Chakrabarti
IP Infusion
G. Montenegro
Microsoft Corporation
August 2010
Transmission of IPv4 Packets over the IP Convergence Sublayer
of IEEE 802.16
Abstract
IEEE 802.16 is an air interface specification for wireless broadband
access. IEEE 802.16 has specified multiple service-specific
Convergence Sublayers for transmitting upper-layer protocols. The
Packet CS (Packet Convergence Sublayer) is used for the transport of
all packet-based protocols such as the Internet Protocol (IP) and
IEEE 802.3 (Ethernet). The IP-specific part of the Packet CS enables
the transport of IPv4 packets directly over the IEEE 802.16 Media
Access Control (MAC) layer.
This document specifies the frame format, the Maximum Transmission
Unit (MTU), and the address assignment procedures for transmitting
IPv4 packets over the IP-specific part of the Packet Convergence
Sublayer of IEEE 802.16.
Status of This Memo
This is an Internet Standards Track document.
This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has
received public review and has been approved for publication by the
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Further information on
Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 5741.
Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5948.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................3
2. Terminology .....................................................4
3. Typical Network Architecture for IPv4 over IEEE 802.16 ..........4
3.1. IEEE 802.16 IPv4 Convergence Sublayer Support ..............4
4. IPv4 CS Link in 802.16 Networks .................................4
4.1. IPv4 CS Link Establishment .................................5
4.2. Frame Format for IPv4 Packets ..............................5
4.3. Maximum Transmission Unit ..................................6
5. Subnet Model and IPv4 Address Assignment ........................8
5.1. IPv4 Unicast Address Assignment ...........................8
5.2. Address Resolution Protocol ...............................8
5.3. IP Broadcast and Multicast ................................8
6. Security Considerations .........................................8
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