Transmission of IPv6 Packets over ITU-T G.9959 Networks
RFC 7428
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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) A. Brandt
Request for Comments: 7428 J. Buron
Category: Standards Track Sigma Designs
ISSN: 2070-1721 February 2015
Transmission of IPv6 Packets over ITU-T G.9959 Networks
Abstract
This document describes the frame format for transmission of IPv6
packets as well as a method of forming IPv6 link-local addresses and
statelessly autoconfigured IPv6 addresses on ITU-T G.9959 networks.
Status of This Memo
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(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.
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RFC 7428 IPv6 over G.9959 February 2015
Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................2
1.1. Terms Used .................................................3
1.2. Requirements Language ......................................4
2. G.9959 Parameters to Use for IPv6 Transport .....................5
2.1. Addressing Mode ............................................5
2.2. IPv6 Multicast Support .....................................6
2.3. G.9959 MAC PDU Size and IPv6 MTU ...........................6
2.4. Transmission Status Indications ............................7
2.5. Transmission Security ......................................7
3. 6LoWPAN Adaptation Layer and Frame Format .......................7
3.1. Dispatch Header ............................................8
4. 6LoWPAN Addressing ..............................................9
4.1. Stateless Address Autoconfiguration of Routable IPv6
Addresses ..................................................9
4.2. IPv6 Link-Local Address ...................................10
4.3. Unicast Address Mapping ...................................10
4.4. On the Use of Neighbor Discovery Technologies .............11
4.4.1. Prefix and CID Management (Route-Over) .............11
4.4.2. Prefix and CID Management (Mesh-Under) .............11
5. Header Compression .............................................12
6. Security Considerations ........................................13
7. Privacy Considerations .........................................14
8. References .....................................................14
8.1. Normative References ......................................14
8.2. Informative References ....................................16
Appendix A. G.9959 6LoWPAN Datagram Example .......................17
Acknowledgements ..................................................21
Authors' Addresses ................................................21
1. Introduction
The ITU-T G.9959 recommendation [G.9959] targets low-power Personal
Area Networks (PANs). This document defines the frame format for
transmission of IPv6 [RFC2460] packets as well as the formation of
IPv6 link-local addresses and statelessly autoconfigured IPv6
addresses on G.9959 networks.
The general approach is to adapt elements of [RFC4944] to G.9959
networks. G.9959 provides a Segmentation and Reassembly (SAR) layer
for transmission of datagrams larger than the G.9959 Media Access
Control Protocol Data Unit (MAC PDU).
[RFC6775] updates [RFC4944] by specifying IPv6 over Low-Power
Wireless Personal Area Network (6LoWPAN) optimizations for IPv6
Neighbor Discovery (ND) (originally defined by [RFC4861]). This
document limits the use of [RFC6775] to prefix and Context ID
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