contiki-os/contiki — pull request #290 by simonduq (2013-07-01 17:01:03+00:00)
Title: Update of RPL MRHOF (use no metric container with ETX [RFC6719])

Update MRHOF implementation so it doesn't use a metric container when the metric is ETX, as specified by RFC6719. Remove the metric container from rpl_parent_t in that specific case, which saves 7-8 bytes per neighbor. The space saved in RPL DIO messages allows for non-fragmented 6LoWPAN broadcast. Renamed the rpl-of-etx to rpl-mrhof (as the file implements a rank hysteresis framework supporting different metrics, rather than simply ETX).