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<reference anchor='RFC2507'>

<front>
<title>IP Header Compression</title>
<author initials='M.' surname='Degermark' fullname='Mikael Degermark'>
<organization>Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>Lulea University of Technology</street>
<city>Lulea</city>
<code>SE-971 87</code>
<country>SE</country></postal>
<phone>+46 92 091188</phone>
<email>micke@sm.luth.se</email></address></author>
<author initials='B.' surname='Nordgren' fullname='Bjorn Nordgren'>
<organization>CDT/Telia Research AB</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>Aurorum 6</street>
<city>Lulea</city>
<code>S-977 75</code>
<country>SE</country></postal>
<phone>+46 92 075400</phone>
<email>bcn@lulea.trab.se</email>
<email>bcn@cdt.luth.se</email></address></author>
<author initials='S.' surname='Pink' fullname='Stephen Pink'>
<organization>Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>Lulea University of Technology</street>
<city>Lulea</city>
<code>SE-971 87</code>
<country>SE</country></postal>
<phone>+46 92 075229</phone>
<email>steve@sm.luth.se</email></address></author>
<date month='February' year='1999' />
<abstract>
<t>This document describes how to compress multiple IP
headers and TCP
and UDP headers per hop over point to point links.
The methods can be
applied to of IPv6 base and extension headers, IPv4 headers, TCP and
UDP headers, and encapsulated IPv6 and IPv4 headers.</t>
<t>Headers of typical UDP or TCP packets can be compressed down to 4-7
octets including the 2 octet UDP or TCP checksum.
This largely
removes the negative impact of large IP headers and allows efficient
use of bandwidth on low and medium speed links.</t>
<t>The compression algorithms are specifically designed to work well
over links with nontrivial packet-loss rates.
Several wireless and
modem technologies result in such links.</t></abstract></front>

<seriesInfo name='RFC' value='2507' />
</reference>
