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Title : A Framework for Semantic IPv6 Prefix and Gap Analysis
Author(s) : Sheng Jiang
Qiong Sun
Ian Farrer
Filename : draft-jiang-v6ops-semantic-prefix-02.txt
Pages : 15
Date : 2013-01-30
Abstract:
Some Internet Service Providers and enterprises require detailed
information about the payload of traffic, so that packets can be
treated differently and efficiently. Packet-level differentiation
can also enable flow-level and user-level differentiation.
With its large address space, IPv6 allows semantics to be embedded
into addresses by assigning additional significance to specific bits
within the prefix. Using these semantics, routers and other
intermediary devices can easily apply relevant policies as required.
This document describes a framework for such an approach. It also
analyses the technical advantages and limitations associated with
such an approach.
This informational document only discusses the usage of semantics
within a single network, or group of interconnected networks which
share a common addressing policy, referred to as a Semantic Prefix
Domain.
The document is NOT intended to suggest the standardization of any
common global semantics.
The IETF datatracker status page for this draft is:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-jiang-v6ops-semantic-prefix
There's also a htmlized version available at:
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-jiang-v6ops-semantic-prefix-02
A diff from the previous version is available at:
http://www.ietf.org/rfcdiff?url2=draft-jiang-v6ops-semantic-prefix-02
Internet-Drafts are also available by anonymous FTP at:
ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/
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