Figure 28 LSR packet format
Major fields of the LSR packets are as follows:
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LS type: Type of the LSA to be requested. Type 1 for example indicates the Router LSA.
Link state ID: Determined by LSA type.
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Advertising router: ID of the router that sent the LSA.
LSU packet
LSU (Link State Update) packets are used to send the requested LSAs to the peer. Each packet carries a
collection of LSAs.
Figure 29 LSU packet format
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Version
LSAck packet
Link State Acknowledgment (LSAck) packets are used to acknowledge received LSU packets. An LSAack
packet carries the headers of LSAs to be acknowledged.
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4
Router ID
Area ID
Checksum
Authentication
Authentication
Number of LSAs
15
Packet length
AuType
LSA
LSA
66
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