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IP Communications and Services for NGN
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IP Communications and Services for NGN

by Johnson I Agbinya
December 2009
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
411 pages
12h 24m
English
Auerbach Publications
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IPv6 105
e global routing prefix is 45 bits long, and the subnet ID is 16 bits long. e
remaining 64 bits are allocated to the interface ID and have the form of the EUI-
64 format.
Interface Identity
In all the ULAs, the lowest 64 bits of the IPv6 address field have been allocated as
the interface identity. is identity address field is allocated in several ways.
Using the 48-bit MAC, the interface ID can be auto-configured and expanded
to the required EUI-64 format. is ID can also be assigned using DHCPv6, or
manually configured or automatically generated using a pseudo-random format.
is helps in reducing the ease of interface ID piracy. e I ...
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