draft-li-idr-ipv6-bgp-identifier

BGP Capability for IPv6 BGP Identifier

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This document defines a new BGP Capability that enables an IPv6 BGP Speaker to use its global unicast IPv6 address as its BGP Identifier. This mechanism simplifies configuration in IPv6-only networks by leveraging the inherent uniqueness of IPv6 addresses, while maintaining full backward compatibility with existing BGP implementations.