| 2205 | Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP) -- Version 1 Functional SpecificationR. Braden, Ed., L. Zhang, S. Berson, S. Herzog, S. Jamin | Proposed Standard | September 1997 |
| 2460 | Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) SpecificationS. Deering, R. Hinden · obsoleted by RFC 8200 | Draft Standard | December 1998 |
| 3819 | Advice for Internet Subnetwork DesignersP. Karn, Ed., C. Bormann, G. Fairhurst, D. Grossman, R. Ludwig, J. Mahdavi, G. Montenegro, J. Touch, L. Wood | Best Current Practice | July 2004 |
| 4655 | A Path Computation Element (PCE)-Based ArchitectureA. Farrel, J.-P. Vasseur, J. Ash | Informational | August 2006 |
| 4862 | IPv6 Stateless Address AutoconfigurationS. Thomson, T. Narten, T. Jinmei | Draft Standard | September 2007 |
| 4919 | IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Networks (6LoWPANs): Overview, Assumptions, Problem Statement, and GoalsN. Kushalnagar, G. Montenegro, C. Schumacher | Informational | August 2007 |
| 4944 | Transmission of IPv6 Packets over IEEE 802.15.4 NetworksG. Montenegro, N. Kushalnagar, J. Hui, D. Culler | Proposed Standard | September 2007 |
| 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 |
| 6282 | Compression Format for IPv6 Datagrams over IEEE 802.15.4-Based NetworksJ. Hui, Ed., P. Thubert | Proposed Standard | September 2011 |
| 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 |
| 6606 | Problem Statement and Requirements for IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Network (6LoWPAN) RoutingE. Kim, D. Kaspar, C. Gomez, C. Bormann | Informational | May 2012 |
| 7102 | Terms Used in Routing for Low-Power and Lossy NetworksJP. Vasseur | Informational | January 2014 |
| 7228 | Terminology for Constrained-Node NetworksC. Bormann, M. Ersue, A. Keranen | Informational | May 2014 |
| 7252 | The Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)Z. Shelby, K. Hartke, C. Bormann | Proposed Standard | June 2014 |