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Title: Six virtual inches to the left: The problem with IPng

Conference ·
OSTI ID:10166635
 [1];  [2]
  1. Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
  2. Motorola (United States)

This memo describes an Internet information track protocol for the Internet community. It proposes that a locator address (TA) be assigned to Transmission Control Protocol (TCP). The purpose of this TA is to uniquely identify an Internet node without specifing any routing information. This new version of TCP would contain support for high bandwidth-delay networks. Support for multiple network layer (Internet Protocol) protocols is also possible with this new TCP. Distribution of this document is unlimited. This RFC suggests that a new version of TCP be developed (TCPv11) and deployed. This version of TCP would contain a globally unique transport protocol address (TA). Assiging an address to TCP would allow for the support of multiple network layer protocols (IPng`s). The Ta would identify the location of an Internet node. The IPng layer would provide routing information to the Internet. Seperating the location and routing functions will greatly increase the versitily of the Internet.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
10166635
Report Number(s):
ANL/ECT/CP-82953; CONF-9408119-1; ON: DE94015034
Resource Relation:
Conference: 1994 USENIX conference,Oakland, CA (United States),1-2 Aug 1994; Other Information: PBD: May 1994
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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