{
  "draft": "draft-ietf-6man-rpl-routing-header-07",
  "doc_id": "RFC6554",
  "title": "An IPv6 Routing Header for Source Routes with the Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RPL)",
  "authors": [
    "J. Hui",
    "JP. Vasseur",
    "D. Culler",
    "V. Manral"
  ],
  "format": [
    "TEXT",
    "HTML"
  ],
  "page_count": "13",
  "pub_status": "PROPOSED STANDARD",
  "status": "PROPOSED STANDARD",
  "source": "IPv6 Maintenance",
  "abstract": "In Low-Power and Lossy Networks (LLNs), memory constraints on routers may limit them to maintaining, at most, a few routes.  In some configurations, it is necessary to use these memory-constrained routers to deliver datagrams to nodes within the LLN.  The Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RPL) can be used in some deployments to store most, if not all, routes on one (e.g., the Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) root) or a few routers and forward the IPv6 datagram using a source routing technique to avoid large routing tables on memory-constrained routers.  This document specifies a new IPv6 Routing header type for delivering datagrams within a RPL routing domain. [STANDARDS-TRACK]",
  "pub_date": "March 2012",
  "keywords": [
    "LLN",
    "LLNs"
  ],
  "obsoletes": [],
  "obsoleted_by": [],
  "updates": [],
  "updated_by": [],
  "see_also": [],
  "doi": "10.17487/RFC6554",
  "errata_url": null
}