RFC 4798: Connecting IPv6 Islands over IPv4 MPLS Using IPv6 Provider Edge Routers (6PE)

This document explains how to interconnect IPv6 islands over a Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)-enabled IPv4 cloud. This approach relies on IPv6 Provider…

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Incoming relationships (9 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 5565: Softwire Mesh Framework
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9099: Operational Security Considerations for IPv6 Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5549: Advertising IPv4 Network Layer Reachability Information with an IPv6 Next Hop
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5566: BGP IPsec Tunnel Encapsulation Attribute
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6180: Guidelines for Using IPv6 Transition Mechanisms during IPv6 Deployment
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8950: Advertising IPv4 Network Layer Reachability Information (NLRI) with an IPv6 Next Hop
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7439: Gap Analysis for Operating IPv6-Only MPLS Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9723: BGP Colored Prefix Routing (CPR) for Services Based on Segment Routing over IPv6 (SRv6)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9871: BGP Color-Aware Routing (CAR)