| 6 | Conversation with Bob KahnS.D. Crocker | Unknown | April 1969 |
| 1195 | Use of OSI IS-IS for routing in TCP/IP and dual environmentsR. Callon | Proposed Standard | December 1990 |
| 2119 | Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement LevelsS. Bradner | Best Current Practice | March 1997 |
| 2328 | OSPF Version 2J. Moy | Internet Standard | April 1998 |
| 2702 | Requirements for Traffic Engineering Over MPLSD. Awduche, J. Malcolm, J. Agogbua, M. O'Dell, J. McManus | Informational | September 1999 |
| 3209 | RSVP-TE: Extensions to RSVP for LSP TunnelsD. Awduche, L. Berger, D. Gan, T. Li, V. Srinivasan, G. Swallow | Proposed Standard | December 2001 |
| 5226 | Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCsT. Narten, H. Alvestrand · obsoleted by RFC 8126 | Best Current Practice | May 2008 |
| 5548 | Routing Requirements for Urban Low-Power and Lossy NetworksM. Dohler, Ed., T. Watteyne, Ed., T. Winter, Ed., D. Barthel, Ed. | Informational | May 2009 |
| 5673 | Industrial Routing Requirements in Low-Power and Lossy NetworksK. Pister, Ed., P. Thubert, Ed., S. Dwars, T. Phinney | Informational | October 2009 |
| 5741 | RFC Streams, Headers, and BoilerplatesL. Daigle, Ed., O. Kolkman, Ed., IAB · obsoleted by RFC 7841 | Informational | December 2009 |
| 5826 | Home Automation Routing Requirements in Low-Power and Lossy NetworksA. Brandt, J. Buron, G. Porcu | Informational | April 2010 |
| 5867 | Building Automation Routing Requirements in Low-Power and Lossy NetworksJ. Martocci, Ed., P. De Mil, N. Riou, W. Vermeylen | Informational | June 2010 |
| 6550 | RPL: IPv6 Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy NetworksT. Winter, Ed., P. Thubert, Ed., A. Brandt, J. Hui, R. Kelsey, P. Levis, K. Pister, R. Struik, JP. Vasseur, R. Alexander | Proposed Standard | March 2012 |
| 6552 | Objective Function Zero for the Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RPL)P. Thubert, Ed. | Proposed Standard | March 2012 |