Name: draft-mao-ipv4-path-routing-00
Title: IPv4 Path Based Routing
State: Active
Authors: Decao Mao
Group: Individual Submissions (none)
Date: 2004-11-23
This document describes a solution to the IPv4 address shortage problem.
The solution is to be implemented within the IPv4 framework, rather than
inside a "next generation" IP protocol. By organizing local networks as an
can be uniquely addressed with path descriptions. Two IPv4 options,
Source-Side Path-info and Destination-Side Path-info, are added into the
IPv4 protocol, so that up to 2 path descriptions can be carried in the IPv4
header. Further, a currently unused flag bit in the IPv4 header is used to
extend the logical IPv4 header, so that options can also be carried
options and the extension, and thus need not be replaced or updated.
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