In IKEv2, the liveness check is achieved by any IKEv2 packet transmission or an empty
informational message that the gateway sends to the peer at a configurable interval, 5
seconds by default. If necessary, the sender attempts the retransmission up to 10 times.
If it doesn’t get a response, the sender closes and deletes the IKE_SA and corresponding
CHILD_SAs. The sender will start over by sending out another IKE_SA_INIT message.