Routing Protocol for Low Power and Lossy Networks (RPL) Routing Metric/Constraint

Last Updated

  • 2012-03-28

Available Formats

Routing Metric/Constraint Type

Registration Procedure(s)

  • IETF Review

Reference

  • RFC 6551: Routing Metrics Used for Path Calculation in Low-Power and Lossy Networks

Available Formats

Value Description Reference
0 Unassigned
1 Node State and Attribute RFC 6551
2 Node Energy RFC 6551
3 Hop Count RFC 6551
4 Link Throughput RFC 6551
5 Link Latency RFC 6551
6 Link Quality Level RFC 6551
7 Link ETX RFC 6551
8 Link Color RFC 6551
9-255 Unassigned

Routing Metric/Constraint TLVs

Registration Procedure(s)

  • First Come First Served

Reference

  • RFC 6551: Routing Metrics Used for Path Calculation in Low-Power and Lossy Networks

Available Formats

Type Value Length Description Reference
0-255 Unassigned

Routing Metric/Constraint Common Header Flag field

Registration Procedure(s)

  • IETF Review

Reference

  • RFC 6551: Routing Metrics Used for Path Calculation in Low-Power and Lossy Networks

Available Formats

Bit Description Reference
8 Recorded/Aggregated RFC 6551
7 Optional Constraint RFC 6551
6 Constraint/Metric RFC 6551
5 P (Partial) RFC 6551
0-4 Reserved RFC 6551

Routing Metric/Constraint Common Header A field

Registration Procedure(s)

  • IETF Review

Reference

  • RFC 6551: Routing Metrics Used for Path Calculation in Low-Power and Lossy Networks

Available Formats

Value Description Reference
0 Routing metric is additive RFC 6551
1 Routing metric reports a maximum RFC 6551
2 Routing metric reports a minimum RFC 6551
3 Routing metric is multiplicative RFC 6551
4-7 Unassigned

NSA Object Flag field

Registration Procedure(s)

  • IETF Review

Reference

  • RFC 6551: Routing Metrics Used for Path Calculation in Low-Power and Lossy Networks

Available Formats

Bit Description Reference
0-5 Reserved RFC 6551
6 Aggregator RFC 6551
7 Overloaded RFC 6551

Hop-Count Object Flag field

Registration Procedure(s)

  • IETF Review

Reference

  • RFC 6551: Routing Metrics Used for Path Calculation in Low-Power and Lossy Networks
Value Description Reference
No registrations at this time.

Node Type Field

Registration Procedure(s)

  • IETF Review

Reference

  • RFC 6551: Routing Metrics Used for Path Calculation in Low-Power and Lossy Networks

Available Formats

Value Description Reference
0 a mains-powered node RFC 6551
1 a battery-powered node RFC 6551
2 a node powered by an energy scavenger RFC 6551
3 Unassigned