Home Automation Routing Requirements in Low-Power and Lossy Networks
RFC 5826
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) A. Brandt
Request for Comments: 5826 J. Buron
Category: Informational Sigma Designs, Inc.
ISSN: 2070-1721 G. Porcu
Telecom Italia
April 2010
Home Automation Routing Requirements in Low-Power and Lossy Networks
Abstract
This document presents requirements specific to home control and
automation applications for Routing Over Low power and Lossy (ROLL)
networks. In the near future, many homes will contain high numbers
of wireless devices for a wide set of purposes. Examples include
actuators (relay, light dimmer, heating valve), sensors (wall switch,
water leak, blood pressure), and advanced controllers (radio-
frequency-based AV remote control, central server for light and heat
control). Because such devices only cover a limited radio range,
routing is often required. The aim of this document is to specify
the routing requirements for networks comprising such constrained
devices in a home-control and automation environment.
Status of This Memo
This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is
published for informational purposes.
This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has
received public review and has been approved for publication by the
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Not all documents
approved by the IESG are a candidate for any level of Internet
Standard; see Section 2 of RFC 5741.
Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5286.
Brandt, et al. Informational [Page 1]
RFC 5826 Home Automation Routing Requirements in LLNs April 2010
Copyright Notice
Copyright (c) 2010 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the
document authors. All rights reserved.
This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal
Provisions Relating to IETF Documents
(http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info) in effect on the date of
publication of this document. Please review these documents
carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect
to this document. Code Components extracted from this document must
include Simplified BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of
the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as
described in the Simplified BSD License.
This document may contain material from IETF Documents or IETF
Contributions published or made publicly available before November
10, 2008. The person(s) controlling the copyright in some of this
material may not have granted the IETF Trust the right to allow
modifications of such material outside the IETF Standards Process.
Without obtaining an adequate license from the person(s) controlling
the copyright in such materials, this document may not be modified
outside the IETF Standards Process, and derivative works of it may
not be created outside the IETF Standards Process, except to format
it for publication as an RFC or to translate it into languages other
than English.
Brandt, et al. Informational [Page 2]
RFC 5826 Home Automation Routing Requirements in LLNs April 2010
Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................3
1.1. Terminology ................................................4
1.2. Requirements Language ......................................6
2. Home Automation Applications ....................................6
2.1. Lighting Application in Action .............................6
2.2. Energy Conservation and Optimizing Energy Consumption ......6
2.3. Moving a Remote Control Around .............................7
2.4. Adding a New Module to the System ..........................7
2.5. Controlling Battery-Operated Window Shades .................8
2.6. Remote Video Surveillance ..................................8
2.7. Healthcare .................................................9
2.7.1. At-Home Health Reporting ...........................10
2.7.2. At-Home Health Monitoring ..........................10
2.8. Alarm Systems .............................................10
3. Unique Routing Requirements of Home Automation Applications ....11
3.1. Constraint-Based Routing ..................................12
Show full document text