ZXR10T600/T1200UserManual(IPv6Volume)
Thismechanismisusedbynodestodetermineanaddresspre-
xthatisusedtospecifythelink-localaddressandanaddress
prexthatmustbesenttoarouterforforwarding.
�ParameterDiscovery
Thismechanismhelpsnodestodeterminetheinformationlike
link-localMTU.
�AddressAutoConguration
ThismechanismisusedforIPv6nodeautoconguration.
�AddressResolution
ThismechanismsubstitutesARPandRARPtohelpnodesde-
terminethelink-layeraddressofthelocalnode,namelythe
neighbor ,fromthedestinationIPaddress.
�NextHopDetermination
Thismechanismismeanttodeterminethenextdestinationof
apacket,thatis,determinewhetherthedestinationofapacket
isonalocallink.Ifitisonthelocallink,thenthenexthopis
thedestination.Otherwise,thepacketneedstoberoutedand
thenexthopwillserveasarouter .Theneighbordiscoverycan
beusedtodeterminearoutertobeused.
�NeighborUnreachableDetection
Neighbordiscoverycanhelpnodestodeterminewhethera
neighbor(destinationnodeorrouter)isreachable.
�RepeatedAddressDetection
Neighbordiscoveryhelpsanodetodeterminewhetheranad-
dressitwantstousehasbeenoccupiedonthelocallink.
�Redirection
Sometimestheforwardingrouterselectedbyanodeisnot
theoptimumforapackettobeforwarded.Inthiscase,the
forwardingroutercanredirectthenodetosendthepacketto
anoptimumrouter .
Forexample,thenodesendsthepacketthatoriginallyistobe
senttotheInternettothedefaultrouterthatprovidesservice
fortheintranetofthenode.Thisintranetroutercanredirect
thenode,thussendingthepackettotheInternetrouterthat
isconnectedwiththesamelocallink.
Theneighbordiscoveryisimplementedbydeningthespecial
ICMPpackets,including:
�RouterAdvertisement
Thispacketrequirestheroutertoadvertiseitsavailabilitype-
riodically,aswellasthelinksandInternetparametersforcon-
guration.Theseadvertisementscontainthenetworkaddress
prexinusing,thesuggestedhop-by-hoplimitingvalueand
thelocalMTUindication,andagoftheautocongurationtype
tobeusedbyaspeciednode.
�RouterSolicitation
Ahostcansolicitthelocalroutertosenditsrouteradvertise-
mentimmediately.Theroutermustsendtheseadvertisements
periodically.However ,ifitreceivesarouterrequestpacket,it
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