Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Power Line Communication (PLC) Networks
draft-ietf-6lo-plc-11

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From: The IESG <iesg-secretary@ietf.org>
To: IETF-Announce <ietf-announce@ietf.org>
Cc: 6lo-chairs@ietf.org, 6lo@ietf.org, Carles Gomez <carlesgo@entel.upc.edu>, The IESG <iesg@ietf.org>, carlesgo@entel.upc.edu, draft-ietf-6lo-plc@ietf.org, ek.ietf@gmail.com, rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org
Subject: Protocol Action: 'Transmission of IPv6 Packets over PLC Networks' to Proposed Standard (draft-ietf-6lo-plc-11.txt)

The IESG has approved the following document:
- 'Transmission of IPv6 Packets over PLC Networks'
  (draft-ietf-6lo-plc-11.txt) as Proposed Standard

This document is the product of the IPv6 over Networks of
Resource-constrained Nodes Working Group.

The IESG contact persons are Erik Kline and Éric Vyncke.

A URL of this Internet Draft is:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-6lo-plc/

Ballot Text

Technical Summary

   Power Line Communication (PLC), namely using the electric-power lines
   for indoor and outdoor communications, has been widely applied to
   support Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), especially smart
   meters for electricity.  The inherent advantage of existing
   electricity infrastructure facilitates the expansion of PLC
   deployments, and moreover, a wide variety of accessible devices
   raises the potential demand of IPv6 for future applications.  This
   document describes how IPv6 packets are transported over constrained
   PLC networks, such as ITU-T G.9903, IEEE 1901.1 and IEEE 1901.2.

Working Group Summary

   There has been no particular WG controversy regarding this document.
   The document has progressed with WG consensus.

Document Quality

   There exists a production-quality implementation of this specification
   from a large vendor.

   This document has normative dependencies on IEEE and ITU-T
   specifications.

Personnel

   Document Shepherd: Carles Gomez 
   Responsible Area Director: Erik Kline

RFC Editor Note