Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) H. Deng
Request for Comments: 6098 China Mobile
Category: Standards Track H. Levkowetz
ISSN: 2070-1721 Netnod
V. Devarapalli
Vasona Networks
S. Gundavelli
Cisco
B. Haley
Hewlett-Packard Company
April 2012
Generic Notification Message for Mobile IPv4
Abstract
This document specifies protocol enhancements that allow Mobile IPv4
entities to send and receive explicit notification messages using a
Mobile IPv4 message type designed for this purpose.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................3
2. Terminology .....................................................4
3. Notification Message - Usage Scenarios ..........................4
3.1. Notification Message - Examples ............................4
3.2. Notification Message - Topology ............................5
3.2.1. Notification Message between a Home Agent
and a Mobile Node ...................................6
3.2.2. Notification Message between a Foreign Agent
and a Mobile Node ...................................6
3.2.3. Notification Message between a Home Agent
and a Foreign Agent .................................7
4. Generic Notification Message and Considerations .................7
4.1. Generic Notification Message ...............................7
4.2. Generic Notification Acknowledgement Message ..............11
4.3. Notification Retransmission ...............................14
4.4. General Implementation Considerations .....................15
4.5. Mobile Node Considerations ................................15
4.5.1. Receiving Generic Notification Messages ............15
4.5.2. Sending Generic Notification
Acknowledgement Messages ...........................16
4.5.3. Sending Generic Notification Messages ..............17
4.5.4. Receiving Generic Notification
Acknowledgement Messages ...........................18
4.6. Foreign Agent Consideration ...............................18
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