ip6 Packet Headers

chapter/ip.tex

@@ -37,6 +37,17 @@ Have 3 different forms:
 
 \wikicommons{Ipv6_header}
 
+\begin{enumerate}
+    \item Version -- 1-byte field containing '6'.
+    \item Traffic Class -- 2-bytes hex notation for traffic class.
+    \item Flow label -- 5-bytes.
+    \item Payload length -- 4-bytes unsigned integer, which is the rest of the packet that follows the IPv6 header, in octets.
+    \item Next header -- 4-bytes selector. Identifies the type of header that immediately follows the IPv6 header. Uses the same values as the IPv4 protocol field.
+    \item Hop limit -- 32-bytes unsigned integer. Decremented by one by each node that forwards the packet. The packet is discarded if the hop limit is decremented to zero.
+    \item Source address -- 32-bytes.
+    \item Destination address -- 32-bytes. The intended recipient is not necessarily the recipient if an optional routing header is present.
+\end{enumerate}
+
 \subsection{Address Types}
 
 \begin{itemize}