Packet IPv6NeighbourSolicitation

File: src/inet/networklayer/icmpv6/IPv6NDMessage.msg

C++ definition

Neighbour Solicitation Message Format RFC 4861 Section 4.3

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Extends:

Name	Type	Description
IPv6NDMessage	packet	Neighbour Discovery for IPv6. RFC 2461

Fields:

Name	Type	Description
targetAddress	IPv6Address	Additional ICMP fields
sourceLinkLayerAddress	MACAddress	The link-layer address for the sender. MUST NOT be included when the source IP address is the unspecified address. Otherwise, on link layers that have addresses this option MUST be included in multicast solicitations and SHOULD be included in unicast solicitations.
code	int	customize=true;
type	int	int code; //TODO: this should be specific to different ICMP types.

Source code:

//
// Neighbour Solicitation Message Format
// RFC 4861 Section 4.3
//
packet IPv6NeighbourSolicitation extends IPv6NDMessage
{
    //Additional ICMP fields
    IPv6Address targetAddress;// MUST NOT be a multicast address.

    //Possible Options

    // The link-layer address for the sender.
    // MUST NOT be included when the source IP address is the unspecified address.
    // Otherwise, on link layers that have addresses this option MUST be included in multicast
    // solicitations and SHOULD be included in unicast solicitations.
    MACAddress sourceLinkLayerAddress;
}