Transmission of IPv6 via the IPv6 Convergence Sublayer over IEEE 802.16 Networks
RFC 5121
| Document | Type |
RFC - Proposed Standard
(February 2008; Errata)
Updated by RFC 8064
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| Authors | JinHyeock Choi , Behcet Sarikaya , Frank Xia , Basavaraj Patil , Syam Madanapalli | ||
| Last updated | 2015-10-14 | ||
| Stream | IETF | ||
| Formats | plain text html pdf htmlized bibtex | ||
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| Stream | WG state | (None) | |
| Document shepherd | No shepherd assigned | ||
| IESG | IESG state | RFC 5121 (Proposed Standard) | |
| Consensus Boilerplate | Unknown | ||
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| Responsible AD | Jari Arkko | ||
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Network Working Group B. Patil
Request for Comments: 5121 Nokia Siemens Networks
Category: Standards Track F. Xia
B. Sarikaya
Huawei USA
JH. Choi
Samsung AIT
S. Madanapalli
Ordyn Technologies
February 2008
Transmission of IPv6 via the IPv6 Convergence Sublayer
over IEEE 802.16 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.
Abstract
IEEE Std 802.16 is an air interface specification for fixed and
mobile Broadband Wireless Access Systems. Service-specific
convergence sublayers to which upper-layer protocols interface are a
part of the IEEE 802.16 MAC (Medium Access Control). The Packet
convergence sublayer (CS) is used for the transport of all packet-
based protocols such as Internet Protocol (IP) and IEEE 802.3 LAN/MAN
CSMA/CD Access Method (Ethernet). IPv6 packets can be sent and
received via the IP-specific part of the Packet CS. This document
specifies the addressing and operation of IPv6 over the IP-specific
part of the Packet CS for hosts served by a network that utilizes the
IEEE Std 802.16 air interface. It recommends the assignment of a
unique prefix (or prefixes) to each host and allows the host to use
multiple identifiers within that prefix, including support for
randomly generated interface identifiers.
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RFC 5121 IPv6 via IPv6 CS over IEEE 802.16 February 2008
Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. Conventions Used in This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4. IEEE 802.16 Convergence Sublayer Support for IPv6 . . . . . . 4
4.1. IPv6 Encapsulation over the IP CS of the MAC . . . . . . . 7
5. Generic Network Architecture Using the 802.16 Air Interface . 8
6. IPv6 Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
6.1. IPv6 Link in 802.16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
6.2. IPv6 Link Establishment in 802.16 . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
6.3. Maximum Transmission Unit in 802.16 . . . . . . . . . . . 11
7. IPv6 Prefix Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
8. Router Discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
8.1. Router Solicitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
8.2. Router Advertisement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
8.3. Router Lifetime and Periodic Router Advertisements . . . . 13
9. IPv6 Addressing for Hosts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
9.1. Interface Identifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
9.2. Duplicate Address Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
9.3. Stateless Address Autoconfiguration . . . . . . . . . . . 14
9.4. Stateful Address Autoconfiguration . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
10. Multicast Listener Discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
11. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
12. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
13. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
13.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
13.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Appendix A. WiMAX Network Architecture and IPv6 Support . . . . . 17
Appendix B. IPv6 Link in WiMAX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Appendix C. IPv6 Link Establishment in WiMAX . . . . . . . . . . 19
Appendix D. Maximum Transmission Unit in WiMAX . . . . . . . . . 20
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1. Introduction
IEEE 802.16e is an air interface for fixed and mobile broadband
wireless access systems. The IEEE 802.16 [802.16] standard specifies
the air interface, including the Medium Access Control (MAC) layer
and multiple physical layer (PHY) specifications. It can be deployed
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