CONTENTS

 1     Scope 
 2     References 
        2.1     Normative references         
        2.2     Informative references        
        2.3     Reference acquisition         
 3     Terms and definitions       
 4     Abbreviations, acronyms and conventions
        4.1     Abbreviations and acronyms          
        4.2     Conventions          
 5     Theory of operation         
 6     eRouter initialization         
 7     IPv4 provisioning 
        7.1     DHCPv4 fields used by the eRouter           
        7.2     Router DHCPv4 server sub-element          
 8     IPv6 provisioning 
        8.1     Link-local address acquisition        
        8.2     Router discovery   
        8.3     IPv6 address and other configuration parameters acquisition           
        8.4     Use of T1 and T2 timers    
        8.5     IPv6 provisioning of CPE devices  
        8.6     DHCPv6 requirements for eRouter
 9     IPv4 data forwarding and NAPT operation          
        9.1     Introduction           
        9.2     System description 
        9.3     IPv4 router
        9.4     NAPT    
        9.5     ARP
        9.6     IPv4 multicast        
10     IPv6 data forwarding      
       10.1     Overview 
       10.2     System description
       10.3     IPv6 multicast       
11     Quality of service
       11.1     Downstream quality of service operation   
       11.2     Upstream quality of service operation        
Annex A – SNMP MIB objects supported by the eRouter     
        A.1     eRouter interface numbering          
Annex B – Configuration of eRouter operational parameters     
        B.1     eRouter SNMP configuration        
        B.2     eCM Proxy mechanism for configuration of eRouter           
        B.3     eRouter configuration encodings    
Annex C – DHCP option definitions     
        C.1     The DHCPv4 eRouter container option     
        C.2     DHCPv6 options