Next steps (as result from the network stack task force meeting):

All new modules are to be prepended with the prefix ng_.

• define protocol types (@authmillenon) [merged -> nettype: intial import #2397]
• implement packet abstraction (@authmillenon) [merged -> pkt: simplify API #2342]
• define configuration types (@haukepetersen) [merged -> ng_net: add global configuration options #2399]
• define netdev interface (@haukepetersen) [merged -> net: add ng version of the netdev interface #2398]
• define netapi interface (@haukepetersen) [merged -> ng_net: add new version of NETAPI #2400]
• implement packet buffer (@authmillenon) [merged -> pktbuf: port to use pkt_t instead of void* #2285]
• define and implement netreg (@authmillenon) [merged -> netreg: Initial import #2404]
• define a generic link layer header (@haukepetersen) [merged -> net: added generic network interface header format #2449]
• adjust nomac MAC layer (@haukepetersen) [merged -> net: added ng_nomac MAC implementation #2426]
• remodel at86rf2xx driver (@haukepetersen) [merged -> drivers: new driver for at86rf2xx radios #2825]
• adjust nativenet to netdev (@authmillenon) [under review -> ng_tapnet: initial import of a pure Ethernet device for native #2558] (@kaspar030) [merged -> sys: net: introduce low-level ethernet driver API #2766]
• adjust netdev dummy (@haukepetersen) [postponed]
• add network interface module (@authmillenon) [merged -> netif: Initial import of ng_* version #2417]
• get IPv6 to run (@authmillenon) [merged -> ng_ipv6: initial import #2454]:
  • Address architecture [merged -> ng_ipv6_addr: initial import #2433]
  • IPv6 Interfaces [merged -> ng_ipv6: provide support for ng_netif #2437]
  • neighbor cache [merged -> net: initial import of an IPv6 neighbor cache #2461]
  • extension headers [merged -> ng_ipv6_ext: initial import of extension header handling (including RPL SRH) #2898]
• reimplement ICMPv6 (@authmillenon) [under review -> ng_icmpv6: Initial import #2555]
• get NDP to run (@authmillenon)
  • Address resolution [merged -> ng_ndp: initial import of address resolution #2910]
  • Router discovery [WIP -> [WIP] ng_ndp: Initial import of router discovery #2612] [merged -> gnrc_ndp_router: Initial import of router behavior of router discovery #3049]
• reimplement 6LoWPAN as seperate module (@authmillenon)
  • raw IPv6 [merged -> ng_sixlowpan: initial import #2614]
  • fragmentation [merged -> ng_sixlowpan: Initial import of datagram fragmentation #2781]
  • IPHC [merged -> ng_sixlowpan: Initial import of IP header compression #2806]
  • NHC
  • NDP optimization [merged -> gnrc_sixlowpan_nd_border_router: initial import of border router behavior of 6LoWPAN-ND #3134]
• define and implement FIB (@BytesGalore) [merged -> sys/net/network_layer added a core implementation of a FIB  #2211]
• adjust RPL to new FIB (@BytesGalore) [under review -> routing/rpl: adjusted RPL to use the FIB #2765] [this was for the old RPL implementation]
• reimplement RPL (@cgundogan) [under review -> ng_rpl: port to the new network stack #3050]
• adjust AODV to new FIB (@Lotterleben) [under review -> aodvv2: port to new network stack #3445]
• reimplement UDP (@haukepetersen) [merged -> net: added ng_udp implementation #2430]
• reimplement TCP (@brummer-simon) [under review -> [WIP]gnrc_tcp #2827]
• add shell commands for new API (@haukepetersen) [merged -> sys/shell: added (ng_)netif shell commands #2525]

Open topics

• adjust CC2420 radio
• adjust CC1100 radio
• ICMPv6 error messages [under review -> gnrc_icmpv6_error: initial import #3184]
• Redirect behavior of NDP
• reimplement sockets [merged -> posix: redo socket API to use conn #3646]