RFC 6550, "RPL: IPv6 Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks", March 2012

Note: This RFC has been updated by RFC 9008, RFC 9010, RFC 9685

Errata ID: 4618
Status: Held for Document Update
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Yasuyuki Tanaka
Date Reported: 2016-02-13
Held for Document Update by: Alvaro Retana
Date Held: 2016-02-15

Section 6.7.6 says:

Reserved: 7-bit unused field.  The field MUST be initialized to zero
         by the sender and MUST be ignored by the receiver.

It should say:

Reserved: 8-bit unused field.  The field MUST be initialized to zero
         by the sender and MUST be ignored by the receiver.

Notes:

The error is clear, but it should not affect implementations.

Figure 24 clearly shows that the Reserved field of DODAG Configuration options is 8 bits long.

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