Mobility Support in IPv6
RFC 6275, “Mobility Support in IPv6”, is a Proposed Standard document published in July 2011 by C. Perkins, D. Johnson, J. Arkko. It obsoletes RFC 3775. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document specifies Mobile IPv6, a protocol that allows nodes to remain reachable while moving around in the IPv6 Internet. Each mobile node is always identified by its home address, regardless of its current point of attachment to the Internet. While situated away from its home, a mobile node is also associated with a care-of address, which provides information about the mobile node's current location. IPv6 packets addressed to a mobile node's home address are transparently routed to its care-of address. The protocol enables IPv6 nodes to cache the binding of a mobile node's home address with its care-of address, and to then send any packets destined for the mobile node directly to it at this care-of address. To support this operation, Mobile IPv6 defines a new IPv6 protocol and a new destination option. All IPv6 nodes, whether mobile or stationary, can communicate with mobile nodes. This document obsoletes RFC 3775. [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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- RFC 6274 Security Assessment of the Internet Protocol Version 4
- RFC 6276 DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation for Network Mobility
- RFC 6273 The Secure Neighbor Discovery Hash Threat Analysis
- RFC 6277 Online Certificate Status Protocol Algorithm Agility
- RFC 6272 Internet Protocols for the Smart Grid
- RFC 6278 Use of Static-Static Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman Key Agreement in Cryptographic Message Syntax
- RFC 6271 Requirements for SIP-Based Session Peering
- RFC 6279 Proxy Mobile IPv6 Localized Routing Problem Statement