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RFC 8138: IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Network (6LoWPAN) Routing Header

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This specification introduces a new IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Network (6LoWPAN) dispatch type for use in 6LoWPAN route-over topologies, which initially covers the needs of Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RPL) data packet compression (RFC 6550). Using this dispatch type, this specification defines a method to compress the RPL Option (RFC 6553) information and Routing Header type 3 (RFC 6554), an efficient IP-in-IP technique, and is extensible for more applications.

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Document ID
RFC8138
Published
April 2017
Authors
P. Thubert; C. Bormann; L. Toutain; R. Cragie
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
rtg
Pages
37
Also known as
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Updated by:
RFC 9008, RFC 9035, RFC 9914

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