Transmission of IPv6 Packets over BLUETOOTH Low Energy
draft-ietf-6lowpan-btle-12
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Subject: Protocol Action: 'Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Bluetooth Low Energy' to Proposed Standard (draft-ietf-6lowpan-btle-08.txt)
The IESG has approved the following document:
- 'Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Bluetooth Low Energy'
(draft-ietf-6lowpan-btle-08.txt) as Proposed Standard
This document is the product of the IPv6 over Low power WPAN Working
Group.
The IESG contact persons are Ralph Droms and Brian Haberman.
A URL of this Internet Draft is:
http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-6lowpan-btle/
Technical Summary
Bluetooth Low Energy (BT-LE) is a low power air interface technology
defined by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (BT SIG). While
Bluetooth has been widely implemented, the low power version of
Bluetooth is a new specification and enables the use of this air
interface with devices such as sensors, smart meters, appliances,
etc. The low power variant of Bluetooth is commonly specified in
revision 4.0 of the Bluetooth specifications and commonly referred
to as Bluetooth 4.0. This document describes how IPv6 is transported
over Bluetooth Low Energy using 6LoWPAN techniques.
Working Group Summary
This document represents the consensus of the 6LoWPAN WG how to
apply the technology developed for IEEE 802.15.4 to BT-LE. The
document was presented to the WG at IETF-80 as a personal
submission. It was subsequently progressed through the normal WG
process based on mailing list discussion.
Document Quality
The document is a product of the 6LoWPAN working group and has been
reviewed by a small number of working group members. As far as known
to this Shepherd, so far it has been implemented by one company
(this implementation has been demonstrated in the hallway of the
IETF 83 meeting). The authors are aware of several other companies
that are interested, including one that has begun implementing. The
Bluetooth 4.0 specification and thus BT-LE itself is being
implemented widely (e.g., in the iPhone 4S and iPad 3 and certain
modern Macs), so it is important to agree on an IP-over-foo
specification for this link layer.
Personnel
Carsten Bormann is the Document Shepherd. Ralph Droms is the
Responsible Area Director.
RFC Editor Note
"Bluetooth" and related terms are trademarks of the Bluetooth SIG.
Before publication of this document, please confirm with Teemu
Savolainen <teemu.savolainen@nokia.com> and Ralph Droms
<rdroms.ietf@gmail.com> that the use of the "Bluetooth" trademark
has been identified to the satisfaction of Bluetooth SIG.
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