RFC 9453: Applicability and Use Cases for IPv6 over Networks of Resource-constrained Nodes (6lo)

This document describes the applicability of IPv6 over constrained-node networks (6lo) and provides practical deployment examples. In addition to IEEE Std…

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Outgoing relationships (28 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 4862: IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration
Normative reference — RFC 8200: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Normative reference — RFC 4944: Transmission of IPv6 Packets over IEEE 802.15.4 Networks
Normative reference — RFC 7228: Terminology for Constrained-Node Networks
Normative reference — RFC 4919: IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Networks (6LoWPANs): Overview, Assumptions, Problem Statement, and Goals
Normative reference — RFC 6606: Problem Statement and Requirements for IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Network (6LoWPAN) Routing
Normative reference — RFC 7668: IPv6 over BLUETOOTH(R) Low Energy
Normative reference — RFC 7400: 6LoWPAN-GHC: Generic Header Compression for IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Networks (6LoWPANs)
Normative reference — RFC 7428: Transmission of IPv6 Packets over ITU-T G.9959 Networks
Normative reference — RFC 8105: Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) Ultra Low Energy (ULE)
Normative reference — RFC 6568: Design and Application Spaces for IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Networks (6LoWPANs)
Normative reference — RFC 8163: Transmission of IPv6 over Master-Slave/Token-Passing (MS/TP) Networks
Normative reference — RFC 9159: IPv6 Mesh over BLUETOOTH(R) Low Energy Using the Internet Protocol Support Profile (IPSP)
Normative reference — RFC 9354: Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Power Line Communication (PLC) Networks
Informative reference — RFC 6550: RPL: IPv6 Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks
Informative reference — RFC 3756: IPv6 Neighbor Discovery (ND) Trust Models and Threats
Informative reference — RFC 6282: Compression Format for IPv6 Datagrams over IEEE 802.15.4-Based Networks
Informative reference — RFC 6775: Neighbor Discovery Optimization for IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Networks (6LoWPANs)
Informative reference — RFC 8505: Registration Extensions for IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Network (6LoWPAN) Neighbor Discovery
Informative reference — RFC 8613: Object Security for Constrained RESTful Environments (OSCORE)
Informative reference — RFC 8376: Low-Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) Overview
Informative reference — RFC 8138: IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Network (6LoWPAN) Routing Header
Informative reference — RFC 9008: Using RPI Option Type, Routing Header for Source Routes, and IPv6-in-IPv6 Encapsulation in the RPL Data Plane
Informative reference — RFC 6620: FCFS SAVI: First-Come, First-Served Source Address Validation Improvement for Locally Assigned IPv6 Addresses
Informative reference — RFC 8065: Privacy Considerations for IPv6 Adaptation-Layer Mechanisms
Informative reference — 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
Informative reference — RFC 8352: Energy-Efficient Features of Internet of Things Protocols
Informative reference — RFC 8066: IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Network (6LoWPAN) ESC Dispatch Code Points and Guidelines