RFC 6550: RPL: IPv6 Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks

Low-Power and Lossy Networks (LLNs) are a class of network in which both the routers and their interconnect are constrained. LLN routers typically operate…

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Outgoing relationships (33 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 2460: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Normative reference — RFC 4861: Neighbor Discovery for IP version 6 (IPv6)
Normative reference — RFC 4862: IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration
Normative reference — RFC 4302: IP Authentication Header
Normative reference — RFC 4443: Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Normative reference — RFC 3447: Public-Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS) #1: RSA Cryptography Specifications Version 2.1
Normative reference — RFC 6275: Mobility Support in IPv6
Normative reference — RFC 4191: Default Router Preferences and More-Specific Routes
Normative reference — RFC 6554: An IPv6 Routing Header for Source Routes with the Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RPL)
Normative reference — RFC 6551: Routing Metrics Used for Path Calculation in Low-Power and Lossy Networks
Normative reference — RFC 6206: The Trickle Algorithm
Normative reference — RFC 6553: The Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RPL) Option for Carrying RPL Information in Data-Plane Datagrams
Normative reference — RFC 6552: Objective Function Zero for the Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RPL)
Informative reference — RFC 2578: Structure of Management Information Version 2 (SMIv2)
Informative reference — RFC 3410: Introduction and Applicability Statements for Internet-Standard Management Framework
Informative reference — RFC 1958: Architectural Principles of the Internet
Informative reference — RFC 5881: Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for IPv4 and IPv6 (Single Hop)
Informative reference — RFC 5120: M-ISIS: Multi Topology (MT) Routing in Intermediate System to Intermediate Systems (IS-ISs)
Informative reference — RFC 1982: Serial Number Arithmetic
Informative reference — RFC 5706: Guidelines for Considering Operations and Management of New Protocols and Protocol Extensions
Informative reference — RFC 6130: Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET) Neighborhood Discovery Protocol (NHDP)
Informative reference — RFC 3819: Advice for Internet Subnetwork Designers
Informative reference — RFC 4915: Multi-Topology (MT) Routing in OSPF
Informative reference — RFC 3610: Counter with CBC-MAC (CCM)
Informative reference — RFC 3307: Allocation Guidelines for IPv6 Multicast Addresses
Informative reference — RFC 5673: Industrial Routing Requirements in Low-Power and Lossy Networks
Informative reference — RFC 5826: Home Automation Routing Requirements in Low-Power and Lossy Networks
Informative reference — RFC 5867: Building Automation Routing Requirements in Low-Power and Lossy Networks
Informative reference — RFC 4101: Writing Protocol Models
Informative reference — RFC 5548: Routing Requirements for Urban Low-Power and Lossy Networks
Informative reference — RFC 3535: Overview of the 2002 IAB Network Management Workshop
Informative reference — RFC 5184: Unified Layer 2 (L2) Abstractions for Layer 3 (L3)-Driven Fast Handover

Incoming relationships (39 related RFCs)

Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 9008: Using RPI Option Type, Routing Header for Source Routes, and IPv6-in-IPv6 Encapsulation in the RPL Data Plane
Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 9010: Routing for RPL (Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks) Leaves
Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 9914: Root-Initiated Routing State in the Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RPL)
Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 9685: Listener Subscription for IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Multicast and Anycast Addresses
Updated by — RFC 9926: Prefix Registration for IPv6 Neighbor Discovery
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6551: Routing Metrics Used for Path Calculation in Low-Power and Lossy Networks
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6553: The Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RPL) Option for Carrying RPL Information in Data-Plane Datagrams
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8138: IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Network (6LoWPAN) Routing Header
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6552: Objective Function Zero for the Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RPL)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7416: A Security Threat Analysis for the Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RPLs)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6997: Reactive Discovery of Point-to-Point Routes in Low-Power and Lossy Networks
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8994: An Autonomic Control Plane (ACP)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6998: A Mechanism to Measure the Routing Metrics along a Point-to-Point Route in a Low-Power and Lossy Network
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7558: Requirements for Scalable DNS-Based Service Discovery (DNS-SD) / Multicast DNS (mDNS) Extensions
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9035: A Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RPL) Destination-Oriented Directed Acyclic Graph (DODAG) Configuration Option for the 6LoWPAN Routing Header
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6719: The Minimum Rank with Hysteresis Objective Function
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8352: Energy-Efficient Features of Internet of Things Protocols
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8180: Minimal IPv6 over the TSCH Mode of IEEE 802.15.4e (6TiSCH) Configuration
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9009: Efficient Route Invalidation
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9288: Recommendations on the Filtering of IPv6 Packets Containing IPv6 Extension Headers at Transit Routers
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9354: Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Power Line Communication (PLC) Networks
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9696: Routing in Fat Trees (RIFT) Applicability and Operational Considerations
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7733: Applicability Statement: The Use of the Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RPL) Protocol Suite in Home Automation and Building Control
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9854: AODV-RPL: The Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RPL) Based on Ad Hoc On-Demand Distance Vector (AODV) Routing
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9866: Root Node Failure Detector (RNFD): Fast Detection of Border Router Crashes in the Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RPL)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6554: An IPv6 Routing Header for Source Routes with the Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RPL)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8929: IPv6 Backbone Router
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7428: Transmission of IPv6 Packets over ITU-T G.9959 Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8931: IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Network (6LoWPAN) Selective Fragment Recovery
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7554: Using IEEE 802.15.4e Time-Slotted Channel Hopping (TSCH) in the Internet of Things (IoT): Problem Statement
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8930: On Forwarding 6LoWPAN Fragments over a Multi-Hop IPv6 Network
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6687: Performance Evaluation of the Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RPL)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9692: RIFT: Routing in Fat Trees
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7547: Management of Networks with Constrained Devices: Problem Statement and Requirements
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9913: Reliable and Available Wireless (RAW) Technologies
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8965: Applicability of the Babel Routing Protocol
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9006: TCP Usage Guidance in the Internet of Things (IoT)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9365: IPv6 Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments (IPWAVE): Problem Statement and Use Cases
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9453: Applicability and Use Cases for IPv6 over Networks of Resource-constrained Nodes (6lo)