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Using RPI Option Type, Routing Header for Source Routes, and IPv6-in-IPv6 Encapsulation in the RPL Data Plane
RFC 9008

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2021-07-28
(System) IANA registries were updated to include RFC9008
2021-04-27
(System) Received changes through RFC Editor sync (added Errata tag, added Verified Errata tag)
2021-04-09
(System)
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (created alias RFC 9008, changed title to 'Using RPI Option Type, Routing Header for Source Routes, and IPv6-in-IPv6 …
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (created alias RFC 9008, changed title to 'Using RPI Option Type, Routing Header for Source Routes, and IPv6-in-IPv6 Encapsulation in the RPL Data Plane', changed abstract to 'This document looks at different data flows through Low-Power and Lossy Networks (LLN) where RPL (IPv6 Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks) is used to establish routing.  The document enumerates the cases where RPL Packet Information (RPI) Option Type (RFC 6553), RPL Source Route Header (RFC 6554), and IPv6-in-IPv6 encapsulation are required in the data plane.  This analysis provides the basis upon which to design efficient compression of these headers.  This document updates RFC 6553 by adding a change to the RPI Option Type.  Additionally, this document updates RFC 6550 by defining a flag in the DODAG Information Object (DIO) Configuration option to indicate this change and updates RFC 8138 as well to consider the new Option Type when the RPL Option is decompressed.', changed pages to 49, changed standardization level to Proposed Standard, changed state to RFC, added RFC published event at 2021-04-09, changed IESG state to RFC Published, created updates relation between draft-ietf-roll-useofrplinfo and RFC 6553, created updates relation between draft-ietf-roll-useofrplinfo and RFC 6550, created updates relation between draft-ietf-roll-useofrplinfo and RFC 8138)
2021-04-09
(System) RFC published