Technical Summary
This document presents a performance evaluation of the Routing
Protocol for Low power and Lossy Networks (RPL) for a small outdoor
deployment of sensor nodes and for a large scale smart meter network.
Detailed simulations are carried out to produce several routing
performance metrics using these real-life deployment scenarios.
Working Group Summary
This document is submitted on the Independent Stream
The IESG will want to note that this document was discussed over
six revisions on the ROLL WG mailing list. During that time a
number of suggestions were made, and the draft was updated
accordingly. It should be noted that, while most of the comments
raised in the working group were addressed, some concerns about
the methodology remain unanswered.
The working group expressed interest in having a document that
covered simulation results, but could not decide what would go in
that document. Additionally, the authors of this document felt that
they wished to document and describe their simulation and did not
have the resources to take on other simulations with different
methodologies as suggested by the working group.
For these reasons they have brought the I-D forward on the Independent
Stream rather than through the WG or with AD sponsorship. The existence
of this document in no way precludes the WG from producing its own
document describing simulations, and does not prevent other authors
from describing their own simulations and presenting them for
publication. All authors of RPL simulation reports are encouraged to
share them for open discussion on the ROLL mailing list.
Document Quality
The document has been reviewed by Craig Partridge on behalf of the
ISE. The authors updated the document after his review.
As noted above, the document has been updated after several reviews
in the ROLL WG.
This is an Informational document and not subject to implementation.
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RFC Editor Note
The IESG has concluded that this work is related to IETF work done in the ROLL,
IPPM, and BMWG working groups, but this relationship does not prevent publishing.