The IESG has received a request from the Routing Over Low power and Lossy networks WG (roll) to consider the following document: - 'Applicability Statement: The use of the RPL protocol suite in Home Automation and Building Control' <draft-ietf-roll-applicability-home-building-08.txt> as Proposed Standard The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2015-03-23. Exceptionally, comments may be sent to iesg@ietf.org instead. In either case, please retain the beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting. Abstract The purpose of this document is to provide guidance in the selection and use of protocols from the RPL protocol suite to implement the features required for control in building and home environments. The file can be obtained via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-roll-applicability-home-building/ IESG discussion can be tracked via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-roll-applicability-home-building/ballot/ The following IPR Declarations may be related to this I-D: http://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/2413/ This document makes the following downward references (downrefs): ** Downref: Normative reference to an Experimental RFC: RFC 4764 ** Downref: Normative reference to an Informational RFC: RFC 5548 ** Downref: Normative reference to an Informational RFC: RFC 5673 ** Downref: Normative reference to an Informational RFC: RFC 5826 ** Downref: Normative reference to an Informational RFC: RFC 5867 ** Downref: Normative reference to an Experimental RFC: RFC 6997 ** Downref: Normative reference to an Experimental RFC: RFC 6998 ** Downref: Normative reference to an Informational RFC: RFC 7102 ** Downref: Normative reference to an Informational RFC: RFC 7416