Internet Protocol - Panasonic HD-PLC DA-PU100 Administrator's Manual

4.2.4 Internet Protocol

IP (Internet Protocol) is defined as the 3
transmission and reception. Typical roles are as follows:
IP address identification
Fragmentation (decomposition) of IP datagram and combining
Selection of the route by IP address
Term
Version
Internet Header Length
Type of Service
ID
Flags
Time to Live
Protocol
Header Checksum
Source Address
Destination Address
Option
Padding
rd
layer in the OSI reference model and controls packet
IP datagram
Version4 as IPv4, version6 as IPv6
Length of IP header field
Quality of service required by IP datagram
D - Delay low
T - High throughput
R - High reliability
Communication frame signal for identifying the IP datagram from
the upper layer
Information on fragmentation
Survival time, subtract one by one every time you go through the
router, discard it when it gets to zero
Upper layer protocol identification signal, e.g. TCP (06h), UDP
(11h)
Checksum
Source IP Address
Destination IP Address
Action of request to router
When using option etc. adjustment field to make the total of option
and padding equal to 32 bits
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