This document specifies a protocol which allows nodes to remain#N#reachable while moving around in the IPv6 Internet. Each mobile node#N#is always identified by its home address, regardless of its current#N#point of attachment to the Internet. While situated away from its#N#home, a mobile node is also associated with a care-of address, which#N#provides information about the mobile node's current location. IPv6#N#packets addressed to a mobile node's home address are transparently#N#routed to its care-of address. The protocol enables IPv6 nodes to#N#cache the binding of a mobile node's home address with its care-of#N#address, and to then send any packets destined for the mobile node#N#directly to it at this care-of address. To support this operation,#N#Mobile IPv6 defines a new IPv6 protocol and a new destination option.#N#All IPv6 nodes, whether mobile or stationary, can communicate with#N#mobile nodes. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
['Charles E. Perkins', 'David B. Johnson']
Mobility support in IPv6