Title: Alcatel's Statement about IPR claimed in draft-wen-ipv6-rsra-opt-pid-00.txt and draft-wen-ipv6-rsra-opt-multihoming-00.txt Date: 29 March 2006 From: Albin.Schaetzle@alcatel.de Alcatel filed a unpublished patent application, which might become relevant for the two following drafts: 1. draft-wen-ipv6-rsra-opt-pid-00.txt (Port Identifier option for RS/RA messages in IPv6 access network) 2. draft-wen-ipv6-rsra-opt-multihoming-00.txt (Multi-homing Information option for Stateless Address Auto-Configuration). The patent application was filed in China on July7, 2005. Alcatel is prepared to grant a license under a later patent and its foreign equivalents to the conditions of Alcatel's general license statement (http://www.ietf.org/ietf/IPR/ALCATEL-GENERAL). If there are any questions, please contact me. Albin Schätzle Senior IP Counsel Standardization Projects Intellectual Property Group Alcatel D-70435 Stuttgart, Lorenzstrasse 10 Tel.: + 49 (0) 711 821 44525 or + 49 (0) 170 2219 786 Fax.: +49 (0) 711 821 44587 e-mail: albin.schaetzle@alcatel.de