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RFC 7368: IPv6 Home Networking Architecture Principles

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This text describes evolving networking technology within residential home networks with increasing numbers of devices and a trend towards increased internal routing. The goal of this document is to define a general architecture for IPv6-based home networking, describing the associated principles, considerations, and requirements. The text briefly highlights specific implications of the introduction of IPv6 for home networking, discusses the elements of the architecture, and suggests how standard IPv6 mechanisms and addressing can be employed in home networking. The architecture describes the need for specific protocol extensions for certain additional functionality. It is assumed that the IPv6 home network is not actively managed and runs as an IPv6-only or dual-stack network. There are no recommendations in this text for the IPv4 part of the network.

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Document ID
RFC7368
Published
October 2014
Authors
T. Chown; J. Arkko; A. Brandt; O. Troan; J. Weil
Status
INFORMATIONAL
Stream
IETF
Area
int
Pages
49
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