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IP is dead, long live IP for wireless sensor networks

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Jonathan W. Hui and

David E. CullerAuthors Info & Claims

SenSys '08: Proceedings of the 6th ACM conference on Embedded network sensor systems

November 2008

Pages 15 - 28

https://doi.org/10.1145/1460412.1460415

Published: 05 November 2008 Publication History

Abstract

A decade ago as wireless sensor network research took off many researchers in the field denounced the use of IP as inadequate and in contradiction to the needs of wireless sensor networking. Since then the field has matured, standard links have emerged, and IP has evolved. In this paper, we present the design of a complete IPv6-based network architecture for wireless sensor networks. We validate the architecture with a production-quality implementation that incorporates many techniques pioneered in the sensor network community, including duty-cycled link protocols, header compression, hop-by-hop forwarding, and efficient routing with effective link estimation. In addition to providing interoperability with existing IP devices, this implementation was able to achieve an average duty-cycle of 0.65%, average per-hop latency of 62ms, and a data reception rate of 99.98% over a period of 4 weeks in a real-world home-monitoring application where each node generates one application packet per minute. Our results outperform existing systems that do not adhere to any particular standard or architecture. In light of this demonstration of full IPv6 capability, we review the central arguments that led the field away from IP. We believe that the presence of an architecture, specifically an IPv6-based one, provides a strong foundation for wireless sensor networks going forward.

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IP is dead, long live IP for wireless sensor networks
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DOI:10.1145/1460412

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