Supporting IPv6 Interaction with Wireless Sensor Networks Using NP++

Authors:
Matthew Jakeman;Danny Hughes;Geoff Coulson;Gordon Blair;Steve Pink;Kevin Lee
Affiliations:
Computing Department, InfoLab 21, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK LA1 4WA;Computing Department, InfoLab 21, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK LA1 4WA;Computing Department, InfoLab 21, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK LA1 4WA;Computing Department, InfoLab 21, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK LA1 4WA;Computing Department, InfoLab 21, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK LA1 4WA;School of Computer Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK M13 9PL
Venue:
WASA '08 Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Wireless Algorithms, Systems, and Applications
Year:
2008

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Abstract

There is growing interest in exploiting standard Internet protocols such as IPv6 in wireless sensor networks. Support for IPv6 has the potential to facilitate application development, increase the flexibility of sensor node interaction, and better integrate sensor nodes into the `Internet of things'. Unfortunately, IPv6 is poorly suited for resource-constrained environments and is particularly wasteful for typical wireless sensor network data flows. This paper presents NP++, a flexible network protocol that provides efficient mapping of IPv6 onto heterogeneous physical networks. The performance of NP++ is evaluated in the context of a deployed WSN-based flood monitoring and warning system.