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        RFC 1677:

        Title:      Tactical Radio Frequency Communication Requirments
                    for IPng
        Author:     B. Adamson
        Mailbox:    adamson@itd.nrl.navy.mil
        Pages:      9
        Characters: 24,065
        Updates/Obsoletes:  none


This document was submitted to the IETF IPng area in response to RFC
1550.  Publication of this document does not imply acceptance by the
IPng area of any ideas expressed within.  Comments should be submitted
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This paper describes requirements for Internet Protocol next
generation (IPng) candidates with respect to their application to
military tactical radio frequency (RF) communication networks.  The
foundation for these requirements are experiences in the NATO
Communication System Network Interoperability (CSNI) project, the
Naval Research Laboratory Data/Voice Integration Advanced Technology
Demonstration (D/V ATD), and the Navy Communication Support System
(CSS) architecture development.

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