Network Working Group R. Kermode
Request for Comments: 3269 Motorola
Category: Informational L. Vicisano
Cisco
April 2002
Author Guidelines for Reliable Multicast Transport (RMT) Building Blocks
and Protocol Instantiation documents
Status of this Memo
This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does
not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this
memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2002). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
This document provides general guidelines to assist the authors of
Reliable Multicast Transport (RMT) building block and protocol
instantiation definitions. The purpose of these guidelines is to
ensure that any building block and protocol instantiation definitions
produced contain sufficient information to fully explain their
operation and use. In addition these guidelines provide directions
to specify modular and clearly defined RMT building blocks and
protocol instantiations that can be refined and augmented to safely
create new protocols for use in new scenarios for which any existing
protocols were not designed.
Table of Contents
1 Introduction ................................................... 2
1.1 Terminology .................................................. 3
2 The Guidelines ................................................. 3
2.1 Building Block Document Guidelines ........................... 3
2.1.1 Rationale .................................................. 3
2.1.2 Functionality .............................................. 4
2.1.3 Applicability Statement .................................... 4
2.1.4 Packet-Header Fields ....................................... 4
2.1.5 Requirements from other Building Blocks .................... 5
2.1.6 Security Considerations .................................... 5
2.1.7 Codepoint Considerations ................................... 6
2.1.8 Summary Checklist .......................................... 6
2.2 Protocol Instantiation Document Guidelines ................... 7
Kermode & Vicisano Informational