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Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Frame Relay Networks Specification

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Network Working Group                                          A. Conta
Request for Comments: 2590                                       Lucent
Category: Standards Track                                      A. Malis
                                                                 Ascend
                                                             M. Mueller
                                                                 Lucent
                                                               May 1999


         Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Frame Relay Networks
                             Specification

Status of this Memo

   This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
   Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
   improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
   Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
   and status of this protocol.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1999).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

   This memo describes mechanisms for the transmission of IPv6 packets
   over Frame Relay networks.

Table of Contents

   1. Introduction.................................................2
   2. Maximum Transmission Unit....................................3
   3. Frame Format.................................................4
   4. Stateless Autoconfiguration..................................5
      4.1 Generating the MID field.................................7
   5. Link-Local Address...........................................9
   6. Address Mapping -- Unicast, Multicast........................9
   7. Sending Neighbor Discovery Messages.........................14
   8. Receiving Neighbor Discovery Messages.......................15
   9. Security Considerations.....................................15
   10. Acknowledgments............................................16
   11. References.................................................16
   12. Authors' Addresses.........................................18
   13. Full Copyright Statement...................................19






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