{"draft":"draft-iab-link-indications-10","doc_id":"RFC4907","title":"Architectural Implications of Link Indications","authors":["B. Aboba, Ed."],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"62","pub_status":"INFORMATIONAL","status":"INFORMATIONAL","source":"IAB","abstract":"A link indication represents information provided by the link layer to\r\nhigher layers regarding the state of the link.  This document\r\ndescribes the role of link indications within the Internet\r\narchitecture.  While the judicious use of link indications can provide\r\nperformance benefits, inappropriate use can degrade both robustness\r\nand performance.  This document summarizes current proposals, describes\r\nthe architectural issues, and provides examples of appropriate and\r\ninappropriate uses of link indications.  This memo provides information for the Internet community.","pub_date":"June 2007","keywords":[],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC4907","errata_url":"https:\/\/www.rfc-editor.org\/errata\/rfc4907"}