Method and apparatus for generating and receiving an extended Vendor
Specific Attribute (VSA) is disclosed. In one aspect, a extended format
VSA may be generated containing at least a Vendor-Type field having a
predetermined value and a Extended Vendor-Type field. A Vendor Specific
Attribute packet generated and received in accordance with the teachings
of this disclosure may have a field sequence of
, and may field lengths of
Type=8 bits; Length=8 bits; Vendor-ID=32 bits; Vendor-Type 8 bits;
Length=8 bits; Vendor-Extended-Type=32 bits; and Value=1 or more bytes.