RFC 7772 · BEST CURRENT PRACTICE · 2016
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
Reducing Energy Consumption of Router Advertisements
Overview
RFC 7772, “Reducing Energy Consumption of Router Advertisements”, is a Best Current Practice document published in February 2016 by A. Yourtchenko, L. Colitti. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
Frequent Router Advertisement messages can severely impact host power consumption. This document recommends operational practices to avoid such impact.
What “Best Current Practice” means
Documents the IETF community's recommended operational or procedural practice rather than a protocol specification.
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