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RFC 8931: IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Network (6LoWPAN) Selective Fragment Recovery

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This document updates RFC 4944 with a protocol that forwards individual fragments across a route-over mesh and recovers them end to end, with congestion control capabilities to protect the network.

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Document ID
RFC8931
Published
November 2020
Authors
P. Thubert
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
int
Pages
28
Also known as
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Updates:
RFC 4944

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