A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 8376 Title: Low-Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) Overview Author: S. Farrell, Ed. Status: Informational Stream: IETF Date: May 2018 Mailbox: stephen.farrell@cs.tcd.ie Pages: 43 Characters: 101594 Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None I-D Tag: draft-ietf-lpwan-overview-10.txt URL: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8376 DOI: 10.17487/RFC8376 Low-Power Wide Area Networks (LPWANs) are wireless technologies with characteristics such as large coverage areas, low bandwidth, possibly very small packet and application-layer data sizes, and long battery life operation. This memo is an informational overview of the set of LPWAN technologies being considered in the IETF and of the gaps that exist between the needs of those technologies and the goal of running IP in LPWANs. This document is a product of the IPv6 over Low Power Wide-Area Networks Working Group of the IETF. INFORMATIONAL: This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. 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