6man Working Group S. Krishnan Internet-Draft A. Kavanagh Intended status: Standards Track Ericsson Expires: April 30, 2009 October 27, 2008 Line identification in IPv6 Router Solicitation messages draft-krishnan-6man-rs-mark-00 Status of this Memo By submitting this Internet-Draft, each author represents that any applicable patent or other IPR claims of which he or she is aware have been or will be disclosed, and any of which he or she becomes aware will be disclosed, in accordance with Section 6 of BCP 79. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), its areas, and its working groups. Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet- Drafts. Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as "work in progress." The list of current Internet-Drafts can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/ietf/1id-abstracts.txt. The list of Internet-Draft Shadow Directories can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html. This Internet-Draft will expire on April 30, 2009. Krishnan & Kavanagh Expires April 30, 2009 [Page 1] Internet-Draft Line Identification in RS October 2008 Abstract In ethernet based aggregation networks, several subscriber premises may be connected to the same interface of an access router. This document proposes a method for the access router to identify the subscriber premises using the contents of the received router solicitation messages. Table of Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.1. Conventions used in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Intellectual Property and Copyright Statements . . . . . . . . . . 8 Krishnan & Kavanagh Expires April 30, 2009 [Page 2] Internet-Draft Line Identification in RS October 2008 1. Introduction In ethernet based aggregation networks, several subscriber premises may be connected to the same interface of an access router. This document proposes a method for the access router to identify the subscriber premises using the contents of the received router solicitation messages. 1.1. Conventions used in this document The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL","SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119]. Krishnan & Kavanagh Expires April 30, 2009 [Page 3] Internet-Draft Line Identification in RS October 2008 2. Security Considerations TBD Krishnan & Kavanagh Expires April 30, 2009 [Page 4] Internet-Draft Line Identification in RS October 2008 3. IANA Considerations TBD Krishnan & Kavanagh Expires April 30, 2009 [Page 5] Internet-Draft Line Identification in RS October 2008 4. Normative References [RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997. Krishnan & Kavanagh Expires April 30, 2009 [Page 6] Internet-Draft Line Identification in RS October 2008 Authors' Addresses Suresh Krishnan Ericsson 8400 Blvd Decarie Town of Mount Royal, Quebec Canada Email: suresh.krishnan@ericsson.com Alan Kavanagh Ericsson 8400 Blvd Decarie Town of Mount Royal, Quebec Canada Email: alan.kavanagh@ericsson.com Krishnan & Kavanagh Expires April 30, 2009 [Page 7] Internet-Draft Line Identification in RS October 2008 Full Copyright Statement Copyright (C) The IETF Trust (2008). 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