RFC 2002 (rfc2002) - Page 1 of 79

IP Mobility Support

Network Working Group                                 C. Perkins, Editor
Request for Comments: 2002                                           IBM
Category: Standards Track                                   October 1996

                          IP Mobility Support

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.

Abstract

   This document specifies protocol enhancements that allow transparent
   routing of IP datagrams to mobile nodes in the Internet.  Each mobile
   node is always identified by its home address, regardless of its
   current point of attachment to the Internet.  While situated away
   from its home, a mobile node is also associated with a care-of
   address, which provides information about its current point of
   attachment to the Internet.  The protocol provides for registering
   the care-of address with a home agent.  The home agent sends
   datagrams destined for the mobile node through a tunnel to the care-
   of address.  After arriving at the end of the tunnel, each datagram
   is then delivered to the mobile node.

Table of Contents

 1. Introduction                                                       3
     1.1. Protocol Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    3
     1.2. Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    4
     1.3. Assumptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    4
     1.4. Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    4
     1.5. New Architectural Entities  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    5
     1.6. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    6
     1.7. Protocol Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    8
     1.8. Specification Language  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   11
     1.9. Message Format and Protocol Extensibility . . . . . . . .   12
 2. Agent Discovery                                                   14
     2.1. Agent Advertisement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   14
           2.1.1. Mobility Agent Advertisement Extension  . . . . .   16
           2.1.2. Prefix-Lengths Extension  . . . . . . . . . . . .   18
           2.1.3. One-byte Padding Extension  . . . . . . . . . . .   19
     2.2. Agent Solicitation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   19
     2.3. Foreign Agent and Home Agent Considerations . . . . . . .   19
           2.3.1. Advertised Router Addresses . . . . . . . . . . .   20



Perkins                     Standards Track