RFC 8137 · INFORMATIONAL · 2017

IEEE 802.15.4 Information Element for the IETF

Overview

RFC 8137, “IEEE 802.15.4 Information Element for the IETF”, is an Informational document published in May 2017 by T. Kivinen, P. Kinney. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

IEEE Std 802.15.4 defines Information Elements (IEs) that can be used to extend 802.15.4 in an interoperable manner. The IEEE 802.15 Assigned Numbers Authority (ANA) manages the registry of the Information Elements. This document formulates a request for ANA to allocate a number from that registry for the IETF and describes how the IE is formatted to provide subtypes.

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