A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories. Title : 6TiSCH Operation Sublayer (6top) Authors : Qin Wang Xavier Vilajosana Thomas Watteyne Filename : draft-wang-6tisch-6top-sublayer-01.txt Pages : 56 Date : 2014-07-04 Abstract: The recently published [IEEE802154e] standard formalizes the concept of link-layer resources in LLNs. Nodes are synchronized and follow a schedule. A cell in that schedule corresponds to an atomic link- layer resource, and can be allocated to any pair of neighbors in the network. This allows the schedule to be built to tightly match each node's bandwidth, latency and energy constraints. The [IEEE802154e] standard does not, however, present a mechanism to do so, as building and managing the schedule is out of scope of the standard. This document describes the 6TiSCH Operation Sublayer (6top) and the commands it provides to upper network layers such as RPL or GMPLS. The set of functionalities includes feedback metrics from cell states so network layers can take routing decisions, TSCH configuration and control procedures, and the support for decentralized, centralized or hybrid scheduling. In addition, 6top can be configured to enable packet switching at layer 2.5, analogous to GMPLS. The IETF datatracker status page for this draft is: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-wang-6tisch-6top-sublayer/ There's also a htmlized version available at: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-wang-6tisch-6top-sublayer-01 A diff from the previous version is available at: http://www.ietf.org/rfcdiff?url2=draft-wang-6tisch-6top-sublayer-01 Please note that it may take a couple of minutes from the time of submission until the htmlized version and diff are available at tools.ietf.org. Internet-Drafts are also available by anonymous FTP at: ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/ _______________________________________________ I-D-Announce mailing list I-D-Announce@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/i-d-announce Internet-Draft directories: http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html or ftp://ftp.ietf.org/ietf/1shadow-sites.txt