> -----Original Message----- > From: Carsten Bormann [mailto:c...@tzi.org] > Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2021 11:09 AM > To: Templin (US), Fred L <fred.l.temp...@boeing.com> > Cc: Alexandre Petrescu <alexandre.petre...@gmail.com>; int-area@ietf.org > Subject: Re: [Int-area] Side meeting follow-up: What exact features do we > want from the Internet? > > On 2021-12-15, at 19:56, Templin (US), Fred L <fred.l.temp...@boeing.com> > wrote: > > > > The adaptation layer is that layer below the network layer but above the > > data link layer. The group-degroup functions you are referring to would > > apply at the adaptation layer send-side entry or receive-side exit. Those > > sorts of capabilities are already out in the wild in some systems, but I > > have not seen a formal IETF spec yet. This seems like something that > > could be mentioned in an adaptation layer spec. > > It sure is in RFC 4944, although it took until RFC 8930 to mention some of > the finer points of this.
Thanks for these references, Carsten. The adaptation layer I am thinking of is capable of handling large packets, so my plan would be to spec the group/degroup function at the jumbo level also. Fred > Grüße, Carsten _______________________________________________ Int-area mailing list Int-area@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/int-area
