diff --git a/src/network/model/byte-tag-list.h b/src/network/model/byte-tag-list.h
index bf136f8b3..df7d8e2b1 100644
--- a/src/network/model/byte-tag-list.h
+++ b/src/network/model/byte-tag-list.h
@@ -50,21 +50,15 @@ struct ByteTagListData;
  *     as-needed to emulate COW semantics.
  *
  *   - Each tag tags a unique set of bytes identified by the pair of offsets
- *     (start,end). These offsets are provided by Buffer::GetCurrentStartOffset
- *     and Buffer::GetCurrentEndOffset which means that they are relative to 
- *     the start of the 'virtual byte buffer' as explained in the documentation
- *     for the ns3::Buffer class. Whenever the origin of the offset of the Buffer
- *     instance associated to this ByteTagList instance changes, the Buffer class
- *     reports this to its container Packet class as a bool return value
- *     in Buffer::AddAtStart and Buffer::AddAtEnd. In both cases, when this happens
- *     the Packet class calls ByteTagList::AddAtEnd and ByteTagList::AddAtStart to update
- *     the byte offsets of each tag in the ByteTagList.
+ *     (start,end). These offsets are relative to the start of the packet
+ *     Whenever the origin of the offset changes, the Packet adjusts all
+ *     byte tags using ByteTagList::Adjust method.
  *
- *   - Whenever bytes are removed from the packet byte buffer, the ByteTagList offsets
- *     are never updated because we rely on the fact that they will be updated in
- *     either the next call to Packet::AddHeader or Packet::AddTrailer or when
- *     the user iterates the tag list with Packet::GetTagIterator and 
- *     TagIterator::Next.
+ *   - When packet is reduced in size, byte tags that span outside the packet
+ *     boundaries remain in ByteTagList. It is not a problem as iterator fixes
+ *     the boundaries before returning item. However, when packet is extending,
+ *     it calls ByteTagList::AddAtStart or ByteTagList::AddAtEnd to cut byte
+ *     tags that will otherwise cover new bytes.
  */
 class ByteTagList
 {
diff --git a/src/network/model/packet.cc b/src/network/model/packet.cc
index a1026002e..dc45eba26 100644
--- a/src/network/model/packet.cc
+++ b/src/network/model/packet.cc
@@ -229,12 +229,14 @@ Packet::CreateFragment (uint32_t start, uint32_t length) const
 {
   NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << start << length);
   Buffer buffer = m_buffer.CreateFragment (start, length);
+  ByteTagList byteTagList = m_byteTagList;
+  byteTagList.Adjust (-start);
   NS_ASSERT (m_buffer.GetSize () >= start + length);
   uint32_t end = m_buffer.GetSize () - (start + length);
   PacketMetadata metadata = m_metadata.CreateFragment (start, end);
   // again, call the constructor directly rather than
   // through Create because it is private.
-  return Ptr<Packet> (new Packet (buffer, m_byteTagList, m_packetTagList, metadata), false);
+  return Ptr<Packet> (new Packet (buffer, byteTagList, m_packetTagList, metadata), false);
 }
 
 void
@@ -254,10 +256,9 @@ Packet::AddHeader (const Header &header)
 {
   uint32_t size = header.GetSerializedSize ();
   NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << header.GetInstanceTypeId ().GetName () << size);
-  uint32_t orgStart = m_buffer.GetCurrentStartOffset ();
   m_buffer.AddAtStart (size);
-  m_byteTagList.Adjust (m_buffer.GetCurrentStartOffset () + size - orgStart);
-  m_byteTagList.AddAtStart (m_buffer.GetCurrentStartOffset () + size);
+  m_byteTagList.Adjust (size);
+  m_byteTagList.AddAtStart (size);
   header.Serialize (m_buffer.Begin ());
   m_metadata.AddHeader (header, size);
 }
@@ -267,6 +268,7 @@ Packet::RemoveHeader (Header &header)
   uint32_t deserialized = header.Deserialize (m_buffer.Begin ());
   NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << header.GetInstanceTypeId ().GetName () << deserialized);
   m_buffer.RemoveAtStart (deserialized);
+  m_byteTagList.Adjust (-deserialized);
   m_metadata.RemoveHeader (header, deserialized);
   return deserialized;
 }
@@ -282,10 +284,8 @@ Packet::AddTrailer (const Trailer &trailer)
 {
   uint32_t size = trailer.GetSerializedSize ();
   NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << trailer.GetInstanceTypeId ().GetName () << size);
-  uint32_t orgStart = m_buffer.GetCurrentStartOffset ();
+  m_byteTagList.AddAtEnd (GetSize ());
   m_buffer.AddAtEnd (size);
-  m_byteTagList.Adjust (m_buffer.GetCurrentStartOffset () - orgStart);
-  m_byteTagList.AddAtEnd (m_buffer.GetCurrentEndOffset () - size);
   Buffer::Iterator end = m_buffer.End ();
   trailer.Serialize (end);
   m_metadata.AddTrailer (trailer, size);
@@ -311,26 +311,20 @@ void
 Packet::AddAtEnd (Ptr<const Packet> packet)
 {
   NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << packet << packet->GetSize ());
-  uint32_t aStart = m_buffer.GetCurrentStartOffset ();
-  uint32_t bEnd = packet->m_buffer.GetCurrentEndOffset ();
-  m_buffer.AddAtEnd (packet->m_buffer);
-  uint32_t appendPrependOffset = m_buffer.GetCurrentEndOffset () - packet->m_buffer.GetSize ();
-  m_byteTagList.Adjust (m_buffer.GetCurrentStartOffset () - aStart);
-  m_byteTagList.AddAtEnd (appendPrependOffset);
+  m_byteTagList.AddAtEnd (GetSize ());
   ByteTagList copy = packet->m_byteTagList;
-  copy.Adjust (m_buffer.GetCurrentEndOffset () - bEnd);
-  copy.AddAtStart (appendPrependOffset);
+  copy.AddAtStart (0);
+  copy.Adjust (GetSize ());
   m_byteTagList.Add (copy);
+  m_buffer.AddAtEnd (packet->m_buffer);
   m_metadata.AddAtEnd (packet->m_metadata);
 }
 void
 Packet::AddPaddingAtEnd (uint32_t size)
 {
   NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << size);
-  uint32_t orgStart = m_buffer.GetCurrentStartOffset ();
+  m_byteTagList.AddAtEnd (GetSize ());
   m_buffer.AddAtEnd (size);
-  m_byteTagList.Adjust (m_buffer.GetCurrentStartOffset () - orgStart);
-  m_byteTagList.AddAtEnd (m_buffer.GetCurrentEndOffset () - size);
   m_metadata.AddPaddingAtEnd (size);
 }
 void 
@@ -345,6 +339,7 @@ Packet::RemoveAtStart (uint32_t size)
 {
   NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << size);
   m_buffer.RemoveAtStart (size);
+  m_byteTagList.Adjust (-size);
   m_metadata.RemoveAtStart (size);
 }
 
@@ -796,14 +791,14 @@ Packet::AddByteTag (const Tag &tag) const
   NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << tag.GetInstanceTypeId ().GetName () << tag.GetSerializedSize ());
   ByteTagList *list = const_cast<ByteTagList *> (&m_byteTagList);
   TagBuffer buffer = list->Add (tag.GetInstanceTypeId (), tag.GetSerializedSize (), 
-                                m_buffer.GetCurrentStartOffset (),
-                                m_buffer.GetCurrentEndOffset ());
+                                0,
+                                GetSize ());
   tag.Serialize (buffer);
 }
 ByteTagIterator 
 Packet::GetByteTagIterator (void) const
 {
-  return ByteTagIterator (m_byteTagList.Begin (m_buffer.GetCurrentStartOffset (), m_buffer.GetCurrentEndOffset ()));
+  return ByteTagIterator (m_byteTagList.Begin (0, GetSize ()));
 }
 
 bool