On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 9:06 PM, Dave Thaler <[email protected]> wrote:
> RFC 7668, *IPv6 over BLUETOOTH(R) Low Energy http*://tools.ietf.org/html/ > rfc7668 > <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftools.ietf.org%2Fhtml%2Frfc7668&data=04%7C01%7Cdthaler%40microsoft.com%7C6011eaefe2b84ad2b3cb08d58a163d82%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636566750495588502%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwifQ%3D%3D%7C-1&sdata=KHqqU%2BVnBAtzvsQ%2FgcfPpbpQe9J2oYvGVaMhmafQ81Y%3D&reserved=0> > says " > > This document describes how IPv6 is transported > > over Bluetooth low energy using IPv6 over Low-power Wireless Personal > > Area Network (6LoWPAN) techniques." > > > > (Bonus points to anybody who can explain what "IPv6 is transported .. using > IPv6..." means.) > > > > Ok, I’ll take the bonus points… > > > > The expansion of the 6LoWPAN acronym is “IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless > Personal Area Networks”, and 6LoWPAN is a collection of technologies that > include RFCs 4944, 6282, 6775 (which are referenced later in that doc) and > possibly others. > > > > So it’s saying that “IPv6 over BT low energy” is defined using 6LoWPAN > technologies, meaning using those RFCs. > > > Ok, you get half a cookie from my inner geek. But my inner literateur insists it should be "using the techniques of 6LowPan (IPv6-over-Low-power-wireless-Personal-Area-Network)." ;) As written the sentence does not parse, except for geeks, heh. [IPv6 is transported .. using IPv6] ... vs. IPv6 is transported ... using [IPv6 over ...]... G
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