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Extensible In-band Processing (EIP) Architecture and Framework
draft-eip-arch-06

Document Type Expired Internet-Draft (individual)
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Authors Stefano Salsano , Hesham ElBakoury , Diego Lopez
Last updated 2026-01-25 (Latest revision 2025-07-24)
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Abstract

Extensible In-band Processing (EIP) extends the functionality of the IPv6 protocol considering the needs of future Internet services / 6G networks. This document discusses the architecture and framework of EIP. Two separate documents respectively analyze a number of use cases for EIP and provide the protocol specifications of EIP.

Authors

Stefano Salsano
Hesham ElBakoury
Diego Lopez

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