A RPL Configuration Option for the 6LoWPAN Routing Header
draft-ietf-roll-turnon-rfc8138-07

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ROLL                                                     P. Thubert, Ed.
Internet-Draft                                                   L. Zhao
Updates: 6550, 8138 (if approved)                          Cisco Systems
Intended status: Standards Track                           17 April 2020
Expires: 19 October 2020

       A RPL Configuration Option for the 6LoWPAN Routing Header
                   draft-ietf-roll-turnon-rfc8138-07

Abstract

   This document updates RFC 8138 and RFC 6550 by defining a bit in the
   RPL configuration option to indicate whether RFC 8138 compression is
   used within the RPL Instance, and specify the behavior of RFC
   8138-capable nodes when the bit is set and reset.

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Thubert & Zhao           Expires 19 October 2020                [Page 1]
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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     2.1.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     2.2.  Glossary  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     2.3.  BCP 14  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   3.  Updating RFC 6550 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   4.  Updating RFC 8138 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   5.  Transition Scenarios  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     5.1.  Inconsistent State While Migrating  . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     5.2.  Single RPL Instance Scenario  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     5.3.  Double RPL Instances Scenario . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     5.4.  Rolling Back  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   6.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   7.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   8.  Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   9.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   10. Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10

1.  Introduction

   The transition of a RPL [RFC6550] network to activate the compression
   defined in [RFC8138] can only be done when all routers in the network
   support it.  Otherwise, a non-capable node acting as a router would
   drop the compressed packets and black-hole its subDAG.  In a mixed
   case with both RFC8138-capable and non-capable nodes, the compression
   may be turned on only if all the non-capable nodes act as Hosts and
   their RPL parents handle the compression/decompression for them.

   This document complements [RFC8138] and dedicates a flag in the RPL
   configuration option to indicate whether [RFC8138] compression should
   be used within the RPL Instance.  The setting of this new flag is
   controlled by the Root and propagates as is in the whole network.
   When the bit is not set, source nodes that support [RFC8138] should
   refrain from using the compression unless the information is
   superseded by configuration.

   With RPL, a leaf is an IPv6 Host, which implies that leaves do not
   forward packets.  This specification provides scenarios that force a
   non-capable RPL-Aware Node (RAN) to become a leaf.  The parent router
   must know, e.g., by configuration, or leveraging "RPL Capabilities"
   [CAPABILITIES], when a leaf does not support the compression defined
   in [RFC8138].  This is implicitly the case for a RPL-Unaware Leaf