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authorBIN HU <bin.hu@att.com>2018-10-11 16:53:40 -0700
committerBIN HU <bin.hu@att.com>2018-10-11 16:53:40 -0700
commitcf8a76b3ae499b86150a66b87e796d4c0d5eec56 (patch)
treec4f6f6a6966fd53cd50ef4fb53675d75492d3791 /docs
parent7c4f9ef829c14f9a766d438d091abaf853ba59d8 (diff)
Clarification of NDP in IPv6 and ARP in IPv4
Change-Id: I930825e20293284a4a77c0b4b9ea3e80646baf7d Signed-off-by: BIN HU <bin.hu@att.com>
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@@ -16,12 +16,11 @@ To communicate on its directly-connected network, a host must implement the
communication protocol used to interface to that network. We call this a link
layer or media-access layer protocol.
-ICMPv6 is used instead of ARP as in IPv4, with following Neighbor Discovery
-Protocol (NDP) options.
-
-NDP defines five ICMPv6 packet types for the purpose of router solicitation,
-router advertisement, neighbor solicitation, neighbor advertisement, and
-network redirects. Refer RFC 122 & 3122.
+IPv4 uses ARP for link and MAC address discovery. In contrast IPv6 uses ICMPv6
+though Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP). NDP defines five ICMPv6 packet types
+for the purpose of router solicitation, router advertisement, neighbor
+solicitation, neighbor advertisement, and network redirects.
+Refer RFC 122 & 3122.
Contrasting with ARP, NDP includes Neighbor Unreachability Detection (NUD),
thus, improving robustness of packet delivery in the presence of failing