SNA: Sourceless Network Architecture
Marcelo Bagnulo Braun, Jon Crowcroft · CL Technical Reports · 2021
Why are there source addresses in datagrams? What alternative architecture can one conceive to provide all of the current, and some new functionality, currently dependant on a conflicting set of uses for this field. We illustrate how this can be achieved by re-interpreting the 32-bit field in IPv4 headers to help the Internet solve a range of current and future problems.