RFC 6719 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2012

The Minimum Rank with Hysteresis Objective Function

Overview

RFC 6719, “The Minimum Rank with Hysteresis Objective Function”, is a Proposed Standard document published in September 2012 by O. Gnawali, P. Levis. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

The Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RPL) constructs routes by using Objective Functions that optimize or constrain the routes it selects and uses. This specification describes the Minimum Rank with Hysteresis Objective Function (MRHOF), an Objective Function that selects routes that minimize a metric, while using hysteresis to reduce churn in response to small metric changes. MRHOF works with additive metrics along a route, and the metrics it uses are determined by the metrics that the RPL Destination Information Object (DIO) messages advertise. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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