I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-ipdvb-ar-04.txt

[Gorry Fairhurst <gorry@erg.abdn.ac.uk>]

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    Title        : Address Resolution Mechanisms for IP Datagrams
                   over MPEG-2 Networks
    Author(s)    : G. Fairhurst, M. Montpetit
    Filename     : draft-ietf-ipdvb-ar-04.txt
    Date         : 2006-6-22
    
This document describes the process of binding/associating IPv4/IPv6
addresses with MPEG-2 Transport Streams (TS). This procedure is
known as Address Resolution (AR), or Neighbour Discovery (ND). Such
address resolution complements the higher layer resource discovery
tools that are used to advertise IP sessions.
    
In MPEG-2 Networks, an IP address must be associated with a Packet
ID (PID) value and a specific Transmission Multiplex. The document
reviews current methods appropriate to a range of technologies (DVB,
ATSC, DOCSIS, and variants). It also describes the interaction with
well-known protocols for address management including DHCP, ARP, and
the ND protocol, and provides guidance on usage.

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