RFC 6126: The Babel Routing Protocol
This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 8966.
Current document in this lineage: RFC 8966 — The Babel Routing Protocol
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
Babel is a loop-avoiding distance-vector routing protocol that is robust and efficient both in ordinary wired networks and in wireless mesh networks. This document defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC6126
- Published
- April 2011
- Authors
- J. Chroboczek
- Status
- EXPERIMENTAL
- Stream
- INDEPENDENT
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 45
- Also known as
- —
- Obsoleted by:
- RFC 8966
Standards lineage
This document is one revision in a chain of 3 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.
- RFC 6126 (2011)
- RFC 7557 (2015)
- RFC 8966 (2021) ✓
Referenced by
3 later RFCs formally update or obsolete part of this document.
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