metasystema.org
CurrentEXPERIMENTALIETF stream

RFC 6451: Location-to-Service Translation (LoST) Protocol Extensions

In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC

An important class of location-based services answers the question, "What instances of this service are closest to me?" Examples include finding restaurants, gas stations, stores, automated teller machines, wireless access points (hot spots), or parking spaces. Currently, the Location-to-Service Translation (LoST) protocol only supports mapping locations to a single service based on service regions. This document describes an extension that allows queries of the type "N nearest", "within distance X", and "served by". This document defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.

Document record

Document ID
RFC6451
Published
December 2011
Authors
A. Forte; H. Schulzrinne
Status
EXPERIMENTAL
Stream
IETF
Area
—
Pages
23
Also known as
—

Topics

Related documents

Ranked automatically by shared keywords, IETF area and stream — not by editorial selection.

Also filed under

About this page

The document record above — title, authors, date, status, stream, area, relationships, DOI and errata — is imported verbatim from the public RFC Editor index. The “in plain English” section is editorial: written by The metasystema editorial team, not part of the RFC. Where the two differ, the RFC text governs.

Last checked against the RFC Editor index on . RFCs are never revised after publication; changes are issued as new documents.

Data sources · Editorial policy · Report a correction · What is an RFC?

canonical URL: /rfc/6451-location-to-service-translation-lost-protocol-extensions