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SNA: Sourceless Network Architecture
Marcelo Bagnulo Braun, Jon Crowcroft
March 2014, 12 pages
DOI: 10.48456/tr-849
Abstract
Why are there source addresses in datagrams? What alternative architecture can one conceive to provide all of the current, and some new functionality, currently dependant on a conflicting set of uses for this field. We illustrate how this can be achieved by re-interpreting the 32-bit field in IPv4 headers to help the Internet solve a range of current and future problems.
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@TechReport{UCAM-CL-TR-849, author = {Braun, Marcelo Bagnulo and Crowcroft, Jon}, title = {{SNA: Sourceless Network Architecture}}, year = 2014, month = mar, url = {https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/techreports/UCAM-CL-TR-849.pdf}, institution = {University of Cambridge, Computer Laboratory}, doi = {10.48456/tr-849}, number = {UCAM-CL-TR-849} }