Hi, all, We have submitted a new draft draft-jiang-semantic-prefix, "Semantic IPv6 Prefix". It proposes a framework to allow semantics to be embedded into prefix so that ISPs can easily apply relevant operations accordingly.
All comments are welcome. Best regards, Sheng > -----Original Message----- > From: internet-dra...@ietf.org [mailto:internet-dra...@ietf.org] > Sent: Monday, July 09, 2012 3:25 PM > To: Sheng Jiang > Subject: New Version Notification for draft-jiang-semantic-prefix-00.txt > > > A new version of I-D, draft-jiang-semantic-prefix-00.txt > has been successfully submitted by Sheng Jiang and posted to the > IETF repository. > > Filename: draft-jiang-semantic-prefix > Revision: 00 > Title: Semantic IPv6 Prefix > Creation date: 2012-07-09 > WG ID: Individual Submission > Number of pages: 9 > URL: > http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-jiang-semantic-prefix-00.txt > Status: > http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-jiang-semantic-prefix > Htmlized: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-jiang-semantic-prefix-00 > > > Abstract: > Some Internet Service Providers desire to be aware of more > information about each packet, so that packets can be treated > differently and efficiently. IPv6, with a large address space, allows > semantics to be embedded into addresses. Routers can easily apply > relevant operations accordingly. This document provides analysis on > how to form semantic prefix and corresponding use cases, and > identifies the technical requirements to maximize the benefits of the > semantic prefix approach. It is recommended to use 4~12 bits in > prefix for embedded semantics. > > > > > The IETF Secretariat -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
