Subject: [Roll] IANA allocations for ICMP types

From: Alexandru Petrescu <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:32:49 +0100

ROLLers, 6LoWPANners,

Are you groups both going to request new ICMP types for apparently 
similar functionalities (low-power PAN, low-power networks)?

6lowpan-nd draft says:
> 13. IANA Considerations
>    This document requires two new ICMPv6 message types:
>    o  Node Registration (TBD1)
>    o  Node Confirmation (TBD2)

RPL draft says:
> 9.1.  RPL Control Message 
>    The RPL Control Message is an ICMP information message type that is
>    to be used carry DAG Information Objects, DAG Information
>    Solicitations, and Destination Advertisement Objects in support of
>    RPL operation.
>    IANA has defined a ICMPv6 Type Number Registry.  The suggested type
>    value for the RPL Control Message is 155, to be confirmed by IANA.

Or maybe the similarity is not that much that I see?

Alex