RFC 3146 (rfc3146) - Page 1 of 8

Transmission of IPv6 Packets over IEEE 1394 Networks

Network Working Group                                        K. Fujisawa
Request for Comments: 3146                                       A. Onoe
Category: Standards Track                               Sony Corporation
                                                            October 2001


          Transmission of IPv6 Packets over IEEE 1394 Networks

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 (2001).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

   This document describes the frame format for transmission of IPv6
   packets and the method of forming IPv6 link-local addresses and
   statelessly autoconfigured addresses on IEEE1394 networks.

1. INTRODUCTION

   IEEE Std 1394-1995 (and its amendment) is a standard for a High
   Performance Serial Bus.  IETF IP1394 Working Group has standardized
   the method to carry IPv4 datagrams and ARP packets over IEEE1394
   subnetwork [IP1394].

   This document describes the frame format for transmission of IPv6
   [IPV6] packets and the method of forming IPv6 link-local addresses
   and statelessly autoconfigured addresses on IEEE1394 networks.  It
   also describes the content of the Source/Target Link-layer Address
   option used in Neighbor Discovery [DISC] when the messages are
   transmitted on an IEEE1394 network.

2. SPECIFICATION TERMINOLOGY

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
   document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119.






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