@techreport{hou-roll-rpl-parent-selection-00, number = {draft-hou-roll-rpl-parent-selection-00}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-hou-roll-rpl-parent-selection/00/}, author = {Jianqiang Hou and Rahul Jadhav and Zhenhui Luo}, title = {{Optimization of Parent-node Selection in RPL-based Networks}}, pagetotal = 11, year = 2017, month = mar, day = 12, abstract = {This document describes the problems in the DODAG construction of RPL-based network including "Thundering Herd" problem and Randomly Unbalanced Networking. The corresponding optimization methods are proposed to improve balancing the selection of parent nodes.}, }