RFC 2734 (rfc2734) - Page 2 of 29
IPv4 over IEEE 1394
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RFC 2734 IPv4 over IEEE 1394 December 1999
6.3 Textual descriptors.........................................15
7. IP UNICAST......................................................16
8. IP BROADCAST....................................................17
9. IP MULTICAST....................................................17
9.1 MCAP message format.........................................18
9.2 MCAP message domain.........................................21
9.3 Multicast receive...........................................21
9.4 Multicast transmit..........................................22
9.5 Advertisement of channel mappings...........................23
9.6 Overlapped channel mappings.................................23
9.7 Transfer of channel ownership...............................24
9.8 Redundant channel mappings..................................25
9.9 Expired channel mappings....................................25
9.10 Bus reset..................................................26
10. IANA CONSIDERATIONS............................................26
11. SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS........................................27
12. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS...............................................27
13. REFERENCES.....................................................28
14. EDITOR'S ADDRESS...............................................28
15. Full Copyright Statement.......................................29
1. INTRODUCTION
This document specifies how to use IEEE Std 1394-1995, Standard for a
High Performance Serial Bus (and its supplements), for the transport
of Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPv4) datagrams. It defines the
necessary methods, data structures and codes for that purpose and
additionally defines methods for an address resolution protocol (1394
ARP) and a multicast channel allocation protocol (MCAP)---both of
which are specific to Serial Bus.
The group of IEEE standards and supplements, draft or approved,
related to IEEE Std 1394-1995 is hereafter referred to either as 1394
or as Serial Bus.
1394 is an interconnect (bus) that conforms to the CSR architecture,
ISO/IEC 13213:1994. Serial Bus permits communications between nodes
over shared physical media at speeds that range, at present, from 100
to 400 Mbps. Both consumer electronic applications (such as digital
VCRs, stereo systems, televisions and camcorders) and traditional
desktop computer applications (e.g., mass storage, printers and
tapes), have adopted 1394. Serial Bus is unique in its relevance to
both consumer electronic and computer domains and is EXPECTED to form
the basis of a home or small office network that combines both types
of devices.
Johansson Standards Track