IEEE 802.15.4 Information Element for the IETF
RFC 8137
| Document | Type |
RFC - Informational
(May 2017; No errata)
Was draft-kivinen-802-15-ie (individual in int area)
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| Last updated | 2017-05-30 | ||
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| Document shepherd | Francesca Palombini | ||
| Shepherd write-up | Show (last changed 2016-12-20) | ||
| IESG | IESG state | RFC 8137 (Informational) | |
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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) T. Kivinen
Request for Comments: 8137 INSIDE Secure
Category: Informational P. Kinney
ISSN: 2070-1721 Kinney Consulting LLC
May 2017
IEEE 802.15.4 Information Element for the IETF
Abstract
IEEE Std 802.15.4 defines Information Elements (IEs) that can be used
to extend 802.15.4 in an interoperable manner. The IEEE 802.15
Assigned Numbers Authority (ANA) manages the registry of the
Information Elements. This document formulates a request for ANA to
allocate a number from that registry for the IETF and describes how
the IE is formatted to provide subtypes.
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 7841.
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/rfc8137.
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RFC 8137 IEEE 802.15.4 Information Element for IETF May 2017
Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. Working Groups Benefiting from the IETF 802.15.4 IE . . . . . 3
4. IETF IE Subtype Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
5. Request to Allocate an IETF IE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
7. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
8. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
8.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
8.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Appendix A. Vendor Specific IE in IEEE 802.15.4 . . . . . . . . 7
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1. Introduction
IEEE Std 802.15.4 [IEEE802.15.4] is a standard, referred to by RFC
4944 [RFC4944] and other documents, that enables very low-cost and
low-power communications. The standard defines numerous optional
Physical Layers (PHYs) operating in many different frequency bands
with a simple and effective Medium Access Control (MAC).
IEEE Std 802.15.4 defines Information Elements (IEs) that can be used
to extend 802.15.4 in an interoperable manner. An IE provides a
flexible, extensible, and easily implementable method of
encapsulating information. The general format of an IE as defined in
Section 7.4 of IEEE Std 802.15.4-2015 [IEEE802.15.4] consists of an
identification (ID) field, a length field, and a content field.
Multiple IEs may be concatenated, and elements with unknown ID values
in a list of IEs can be skipped since their length is known. IEs
provide a flexible container for information that allows the addition
of new IE definitions in future versions of the standard in a
backwards-compatible manner.
There are two different IE types, Header IE and Payload IE. A Header
IE is part of the MAC header; it is never encrypted, but it may be
authenticated. Most of the Header IE processing is done by the MAC,
and IETF protocols should not have any direct effect on that
processing. A Payload IE is part of the MAC payload and may be
encrypted and authenticated.
IETF protocols will need to insert information in the 802.15.4
frames; the 802.15.4 standard enables that by including one or more
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