RFC 8066 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2017

IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Network ESC Dispatch Code Points and Guidelines

Overview

RFC 8066, “IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Network ESC Dispatch Code Points and Guidelines”, is a Proposed Standard document published in February 2017 by S. Chakrabarti, G. Montenegro, R. Droms, J. Woodyatt. It updates RFC 4944, RFC 6282. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

RFC 4944 defines the ESC dispatch type to allow additional dispatch octets in the 6LoWPAN header. The value of the ESC dispatch type was updated by RFC 6282; however, its usage was not defined in either RFC 6282 or RFC 4944. This document updates RFC 4944 and RFC 6282 by defining the ESC extension octet code points and listing registration entries for known use cases at the time of writing of this document.

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What “Proposed Standard” means

An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.

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Relationships to other RFCs
This RFC updates
RFC 4944 RFC 6282
Other RFCs from 2017

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