@misc{rfc6998,
    series =    {Request for Comments},
    number =    6998,
    howpublished =  {RFC 6998},
    publisher = {RFC Editor},
    doi =       {10.17487/RFC6998},
    url =       {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6998},
    author =    {Mukul Goyal and Emmanuel Baccelli and Anders Brandt and Jerry Martocci},
    title =     {{A Mechanism to Measure the Routing Metrics along a Point-to-Point Route in a Low-Power and Lossy Network}},
    pagetotal = 29,
    year =      2013,
    month =     aug,
    abstract =  {This document specifies a mechanism that enables a Routing Protocol for Low-power and Lossy Networks (RPL) router to measure the aggregated values of given routing metrics along an existing route towards another RPL router, thereby allowing the router to decide if it wants to initiate the discovery of a better route.},
}