RFC 6606: Problem Statement and Requirements for IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Network (6LoWPAN) Routing

IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Networks (6LoWPANs) are formed by devices that are compatible with the IEEE 802.15.4 standard. However, neither the…

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Outgoing relationships (16 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 4944: Transmission of IPv6 Packets over IEEE 802.15.4 Networks
Normative reference — RFC 3756: IPv6 Neighbor Discovery (ND) Trust Models and Threats
Normative reference — RFC 3819: Advice for Internet Subnetwork Designers
Normative reference — RFC 4919: IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Networks (6LoWPANs): Overview, Assumptions, Problem Statement, and Goals
Normative reference — RFC 4593: Generic Threats to Routing Protocols
Normative reference — RFC 5673: Industrial Routing Requirements in Low-Power and Lossy Networks
Normative reference — RFC 5548: Routing Requirements for Urban Low-Power and Lossy Networks
Informative reference — RFC 5996: Internet Key Exchange Protocol Version 2 (IKEv2)
Informative reference — RFC 1958: Architectural Principles of the Internet
Informative reference — RFC 6282: Compression Format for IPv6 Datagrams over IEEE 802.15.4-Based Networks
Informative reference — RFC 5706: Guidelines for Considering Operations and Management of New Protocols and Protocol Extensions
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 6434: IPv6 Node Requirements
Informative reference — RFC 5556: Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL): Problem and Applicability Statement

Incoming relationships (6 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 8931: IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Network (6LoWPAN) Selective Fragment Recovery
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9453: Applicability and Use Cases for IPv6 over Networks of Resource-constrained Nodes (6lo)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8929: IPv6 Backbone Router
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9010: Routing for RPL (Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks) Leaves
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 9006: TCP Usage Guidance in the Internet of Things (IoT)