RFC Errata
RFC 5444, "Generalized Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET) Packet/Message Format", February 2009
Note: This RFC has been updated by RFC 7631, RFC 8245
Source of RFC: manet (rtg)See Also: RFC 5444 w/ inline errata
Errata ID: 3496
Status: Verified
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Christopher Dearlove
Date Reported: 2013-02-25
Verifier Name: Adrian Farrel
Date Verified: 2013-02-28
Section Appendix A says:
o The <pkt-seq-num> field, if present, contains a sequence number that is incremented by 1 for each packet generated by a node. The sequence number after 65535 is 0. In other words, the sequence number "wraps" in the usual way.
It should say:
o The <pkt-seq-num> field, if present, contains a sequence number that SHOULD be maintained for each participating interface and incremented by 1 for each packet generated by a node for that interface. The sequence number after 65535 is 0. In other words, the sequence number "wraps" in the usual way.
Notes:
Packet sequence number should be per interface, not per node. Uses that recognise missing packet sequence numbers only work in the corrected (intended) case.