11.2. Delegating Router Behavior

11.2. Delegating Router Behavior

The delegating router sends an Advertise message to the requesting router in the same way as described in section 17.2.2, "Creation and transmission of Advertise messages" of RFC 3315. If the message contains an IA_PD option and the delegating router is configured to delegate prefix(es) to the requesting router, the delegating router selects the prefix(es) to be delegated to the requesting router. The mechanism through which the delegating router selects prefix(es) for delegation is not specified in this document. Examples of ways in which the delegating router might select prefix(es) for a requesting router include: static assignment based on subscription to an ISP; dynamic assignment from a pool of available prefixes; selection based on an external authority such as a RADIUS server using the Framed-IPv6-Prefix option as described in RFC 3162 [5].

If the requesting router includes an IA_PD Prefix option in the IA_PD option in its Solicit message, the delegating router MAY choose to use the information in that option to select the prefix(es) or prefix size to be delegated to the requesting router.

The delegating router sends an Advertise message to the requesting router in the same way as described in section, "Creation and transmission of Advertise messages" of RFC 3315. The delegating router MUST include an IA_PD option, identifying any prefix(es) that the delegating router will delegate to the requesting router.

If the delegating router will not assign any prefixes to any IA_PDs in a subsequent Request from the requesting router, the delegating router MUST send an Advertise message to the requesting router that includes the IA_PD with no prefixes in the IA_PD and a Status Code option in the IA_PD containing status code NoPrefixAvail and a status message for the user, a Server Identifier option with the delegating router's DUID and a Client Identifier option with the requesting router's DUID.