RFC 2509 on IP Header Compression over PPP

RFC Editor <rfc-ed@ISI.EDU> Thu, 04 February 1999 21:45 UTC

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        RFC 2509: 

        Title:	    IP Header Compression over PPP
	Author(s):  M. Engan, S. Casner, C. Bormann
	Status:     Proposed Standard
	Date:       February 1999
        Mailbox:    engan@effnet.com, casner@cisco.com, cabo@tzi.org
	Pages:      10
        Characters: 18676
        Updates/Obsoletes/See Also: None    
        I-D Tag:    draft-engan-ip-compress-02.txt

        URL:        ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2509.txt

This document describes an option for negotiating the use of header
compression on IP datagrams transmitted over the Point-to-Point
Protocol [RFC1661]. It defines extensions to the PPP Control Protocols
for IPv4 and IPv6 [RFC1332, RFC2023]. Header compression may be
applied to IPv4 and IPv6 datagrams in combination with TCP, UDP and
for IPv4 and IPv6 [RFC1332, RFC2023]. Header compression may be
applied to IPv4 and IPv6 datagrams in combination with TCP, UDP and
RTP transport protocols as specified in [IPHC] and [CRTP].

This document is a product of the Point-to-Point Protocol Extensions
Working Group of the IETF.

This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.

This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
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