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RFC 6568: Design and Application Spaces for IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Networks (6LoWPANs)

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This document investigates potential application scenarios and use cases for low-power wireless personal area networks (LoWPANs). This document provides dimensions of design space for LoWPAN applications. A list of use cases and market domains that may benefit and motivate the work currently done in the 6LoWPAN Working Group is provided with the characteristics of each dimension. A complete list of practical use cases is not the goal of this document. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.

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Document ID
RFC6568
Published
April 2012
Authors
E. Kim; D. Kaspar; JP. Vasseur
Status
INFORMATIONAL
Stream
IETF
Area
int
Pages
28
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