RFC 3173 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2001
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
IP Payload Compression Protocol
Overview
RFC 3173, “IP Payload Compression Protocol”, is a Proposed Standard document published in September 2001 by A. Shacham, B. Monsour, R. Pereira, M. Thomas. It obsoletes RFC 2393. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document describes a protocol intended to provide lossless compression for Internet Protocol datagrams in an Internet environment. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
What “Proposed Standard” means
An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.
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Relationships to other RFCs
Other RFCs from 2001
- RFC 3172 Management Guidelines & Operational Requirements for the Address and Routing Parameter Area Domain
- RFC 3174 US Secure Hash Algorithm 1
- RFC 3171 IANA Guidelines for IPv4 Multicast Address Assignments
- RFC 3175 Aggregation of RSVP for IPv4 and IPv6 Reservations
- RFC 3170 IP Multicast Applications: Challenges and Solutions
- RFC 3176 InMon Corporation's sFlow: A Method for Monitoring Traffic in Switched and Routed Networks
- RFC 3169 Criteria for Evaluating Network Access Server Protocols
- RFC 3177 IAB/IESG Recommendations on IPv6 Address Allocations to Sites