Assignment of an Ethertype for IPv6 with Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Network Encapsulation
RFC 7973, “Assignment of an Ethertype for IPv6 with Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Network Encapsulation”, is an Informational document published in November 2016 by R. Droms, P. Duffy. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
When carried over Layer 2 technologies such as Ethernet, IPv6 datagrams using Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Network (LoWPAN) encapsulation as defined in RFC 4944 must be identified so the receiver can correctly interpret the encoded IPv6 datagram. The IETF officially requested the assignment of an Ethertype for that purpose and this document reports that assignment.
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Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.
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