Re: Embedding IP information in an IPv6 address (OMNI)

"Templin (US), Fred L" <Fred.L.Templin@boeing.com> Thu, 15 October 2020 18:14 UTC

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From: "Templin (US), Fred L" <Fred.L.Templin@boeing.com>
To: "otroan@employees.org" <otroan@employees.org>
CC: Philip Homburg <pch-ipv6-ietf-6@u-1.phicoh.com>, 6man WG <ipv6@ietf.org>, "atn@ietf.org" <atn@ietf.org>
Subject: Re: Embedding IP information in an IPv6 address (OMNI)
Thread-Topic: Embedding IP information in an IPv6 address (OMNI)
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Hi Ole,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: otroan@employees.org [mailto:otroan@employees.org]
> Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2020 10:40 AM
> To: Templin (US), Fred L <Fred.L.Templin@boeing.com>
> Cc: Philip Homburg <pch-ipv6-ietf-6@u-1.phicoh.com>; 6man WG <ipv6@ietf.org>; atn@ietf.org
> Subject: Re: [atn] [EXTERNAL] Re: Embedding IP information in an IPv6 address (OMNI)
> Fred,
> 
> > There are many reasons why I like what we have already, but one that I will point out
> > is the ease of constructing a routable OMNI site-local address (SLA) from a non-routable
> > OMNI link-local address (LLA). For an OMNI LLA such as fe80:2001:db8:1:2:: all that is
> > needed to turn it into an OMNI SLA is to set bit #9 to yield fec0:2001:db8:1:2::. That is
> > computationally very simple and allows a single-bit translation between LLAs and SLAs
> > (to get an LLA, clear bit #9 and to get an SLA se bit #9). If instead the LLA had the
> > embedded prefix in bits 64 thru 127, the translation between SLAs and LLAs would
> > be much more expensive.
> 
> The use of site locals also sets limitations of addressing/routing in the underlay.

This is rather about addressing/routing in the *overlay*.

> With regards to performance. Is the conversion between SLA/LLA something you do per packet?
> If not, I'm unsure I see why optimising that is beneficial.

Per-packet - a simple bit-flip changes the address from SLA to LLA or vice-versa.

Thanks - Fred

> Cheers,
> Ole=