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RFC 6437: IPv6 Flow Label Specification

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This document specifies the IPv6 Flow Label field and the minimum requirements for IPv6 nodes labeling flows, IPv6 nodes forwarding labeled packets, and flow state establishment methods. Even when mentioned as examples of possible uses of the flow labeling, more detailed requirements for specific use cases are out of the scope for this document. The usage of the Flow Label field enables efficient IPv6 flow classification based only on IPv6 main header fields in fixed positions. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Document record

Document ID
RFC6437
Published
November 2011
Authors
S. Amante; B. Carpenter; S. Jiang; J. Rajahalme
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
int
Pages
15
Also known as
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Obsoletes:
RFC 3697
Updates:
RFC 2205, RFC 2460

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