RFC 6687 · INFORMATIONAL · 2012

Performance Evaluation of the Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks

Overview

RFC 6687, “Performance Evaluation of the Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks”, is an Informational document published in October 2012 by J. Tripathi, J. de Oliveira, JP. Vasseur. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document presents a performance evaluation of the Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RPL) for a small outdoor deployment of sensor nodes and for a large-scale smart meter network. Detailed simulations are carried out to produce several routing performance metrics using these real-life deployment scenarios. Please refer to the PDF version of this document, which includes several plots for the performance metrics not shown in the plain-text version. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.

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