A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 8137 Title: IEEE 802.15.4 Information Element for the IETF Author: T. Kivinen, P. Kinney Status: Standards Track Stream: IETF Date: May 2017 Mailbox: kivinen@iki.fi, pat.kinney@kinneyconsultingllc.com Pages: 7 Characters: 12946 Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None I-D Tag: draft-kivinen-802-15-ie-06.txt URL: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8137 DOI: 10.17487/RFC8137 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. This is now a Proposed Standard. STANDARDS TRACK: This document specifies an Internet Standards Track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the Official Internet Protocol Standards (https://www.rfc-editor.org/standards) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce https://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/search For downloading RFCs, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/retrieve/bulk Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team Association Management Solutions, LLC