RFC 2734 (rfc2734) - Page 2 of 29

IPv4 over IEEE 1394

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.






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