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IPv6 over Networks of Resource-constrained Nodes (6lo)

Document Date Status IPR AD/Shepherd
Active Internet-Drafts (5 hits)
21 pages
draft-ietf-6lo-nd-gaao-09
Generic Address Assignment Option for 6LoWPAN Neighbor Discovery
2026-02-13
New
I-D Exists
WG Consensus: Waiting for Write-Up
Reviews: intdir Early genart Early
Dec 2025

Carles Gomez
20 pages
draft-ietf-6lo-owc-06
Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Short-Range Optical Wireless Communications
2026-02-26
New
I-D Exists
WG Document
Nov 2025

Shwetha Bhandari
36 pages
draft-ietf-6lo-path-aware-semantic-addressing-13
Path-Aware Semantic Addressing (PASA) for Low power and Lossy Networks
2025-09-16
I-D Exists
WG Document
Reviews: rtgdir Early genart Early
Dec 2025
1
Carles Gomez
51 pages
draft-ietf-6lo-schc-15dot4-12
Transmission of SCHC-compressed packets over IEEE 802.15.4 networks
2026-02-20
New
I-D Exists
WG Document
Jul 2026

Shwetha Bhandari
26 pages
draft-lynn-6lo-rfc8163-bis-01
Transmission of IPv6 over Multidrop Serial Bus/Token Passing (MS/TP) Networks
2025-11-05
I-D Exists
Adopted by a WG

RFCs (23 hits)
27 pages
RFC 7388
Definition of Managed Objects for IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Networks (6LoWPANs)
2014-10
Proposed Standard RFC
Brian Haberman
24 pages
RFC 7400
6LoWPAN-GHC: Generic Header Compression for IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Networks (6LoWPANs)
2014-11
Proposed Standard RFC
Brian Haberman
21 pages
RFC 7428
Transmission of IPv6 Packets over ITU-T G.9959 Networks
2015-02
Proposed Standard RFC
Brian Haberman
21 pages
RFC 7668
IPv6 over BLUETOOTH(R) Low Energy
2015-10
Proposed Standard RFC
Brian Haberman
5 pages
RFC 7973
Assignment of an Ethertype for IPv6 with Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Network (LoWPAN) Encapsulation
2016-11
Informational RFC
Suresh Krishnan
8 pages
RFC 8025
IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Network (6LoWPAN) Paging Dispatch
2016-11
Proposed Standard RFC
Suresh Krishnan
10 pages
RFC 8065
Privacy Considerations for IPv6 Adaptation-Layer Mechanisms
2017-02
Informational RFC
Suresh Krishnan
9 pages
RFC 8066
IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Network (6LoWPAN) ESC Dispatch Code Points and Guidelines
2017-02
Proposed Standard RFC
Suresh Krishnan
22 pages
RFC 8105
Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) Ultra Low Energy (ULE)
2017-05
Proposed Standard RFC
Suresh Krishnan
27 pages
RFC 8163
Transmission of IPv6 over Master-Slave/Token-Passing (MS/TP) Networks Errata
2017-05
Proposed Standard RFC
Suresh Krishnan
47 pages
RFC 8505
Registration Extensions for IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Network (6LoWPAN) Neighbor Discovery Errata
2018-11
Proposed Standard RFC
Updated by rfc8928, rfc8929, rfc9010, rfc9685, rfc9926
Suresh Krishnan
29 pages
RFC 8928
Address-Protected Neighbor Discovery for Low-Power and Lossy Networks Errata
2020-11
Proposed Standard RFC
Updated by rfc9926, rfc9927
Suresh Krishnan
32 pages
RFC 8929
IPv6 Backbone Router Errata
2020-11
Proposed Standard RFC
Suresh Krishnan
12 pages
RFC 8930
On Forwarding 6LoWPAN Fragments over a Multi-Hop IPv6 Network
2020-11
Proposed Standard RFC
Suresh Krishnan
28 pages
RFC 8931
IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Network (6LoWPAN) Selective Fragment Recovery
2020-11
Proposed Standard RFC
Suresh Krishnan
19 pages
RFC 9034
Packet Delivery Deadline Time in the Routing Header for IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Networks (6LoWPANs)
2021-06
Proposed Standard RFC
Suresh Krishnan
14 pages
RFC 9159
IPv6 Mesh over BLUETOOTH(R) Low Energy Using the Internet Protocol Support Profile (IPSP)
2021-12
Proposed Standard RFC
Erik Kline
20 pages
RFC 9354
Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Power Line Communication (PLC) Networks
2023-01
Proposed Standard RFC
Erik Kline
17 pages
RFC 9428
Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Near Field Communication
2023-07
Proposed Standard RFC
Erik Kline
24 pages
RFC 9453
Applicability and Use Cases for IPv6 over Networks of Resource-constrained Nodes (6lo)
2023-09
Informational RFC
Erik Kline
35 pages
RFC 9685
Listener Subscription for IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Multicast and Anycast Addresses
2024-11
Proposed Standard RFC
Éric Vyncke
24 pages
RFC 9926
Prefix Registration for IPv6 Neighbor Discovery
2026-02
Proposed Standard RFC
Éric Vyncke
7 pages
RFC 9927
Fixing the C-Flag in the Extended Address Registration Option (EARO)
2026-02
Proposed Standard RFC
Éric Vyncke
Related Internet-Drafts and RFCs (1 hit)
6 pages
draft-choi-6lo-owc-security-03
Security considerations for IPv6 Packets over Short-Range Optical Wireless Communications
2025-10-19
I-D Exists