A Comparative Study on Available IPv6 Platforms for Wireless Sensor Network
The low power wireless sensor devices which usually
uses the low power wireless private area network (IEEE 802.15.4)
standard are being widely deployed for various purposes and in
different scenarios. IPv6 low power wireless private area network
(6LoWPAN) was adopted as part of the IETF standard for the
wireless sensor devices so that it will become an open standard
compares to other dominated proprietary standards available in the
market. 6LoWPAN also allows the integration and communication of
sensor nodes with the Internet more viable. This paper presents a
comparative study on different available IPv6 platforms for wireless
sensor networks including open and close sources. It also discusses
about the platforms used by these stacks. Finally it evaluates and
provides appropriate suggestions which can be use for selection of
required IPv6 stack for low power devices.
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Transmission of IPv6 Packets over IEEE 802.15.4 Networks
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Architecture" in Workshop on Embedded Networked Sensors,
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59593-694-3
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France. Article No. 5, Year of Publication: 2006, ISBN:1-59593-427-8
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[1] G. Montenegro, N. Kushalnagar, J. Hui, D. Culler. RFC4944-
Transmission of IPv6 Packets over IEEE 802.15.4 Networks
[2] Mathilde Durvy, Julien Abeillé, Patrick Wetterwald, Colin O-FlynnÔÇá,
Blake Leverett, Eric GnoskeÔïå, Michael Vidales, Geoff Mulligan,Nicolas
Tsiftes, Niclas Finne, Adam Dunkels. "Making sensor network IPv6
ready." Proceedings of the 6th ACM conference on Embedded network
sensor systems, Raleigh, NC, USA. Pages 421-422. 2008
[3] Arch Rock Corporation. Arch Rock IP/6LoWPAN overview: An IPv6
network stack for wireless sensor networks. White paper.
http://www.archrock.com/downloads/Arch_Rock_Whitepaper_IP6LoW
PAN_Overview.pdf (accessed on 10 april 2009)
[4] Zach Shelby, Sensinode Ltd. Using Sensinode Products to Develop
6LoWPAN Networks - White Paper
[5] A. Dunkels, B. Grönvall, and T. Voigt. Contiki - a lightweight and
flexible operating system for tiny networked sensors. In Proceedings of
EmNets I, Nov. 2004.
[6] Using the FreeRTOS Real Time Kernel - a Practical Guide uIPv6 FAQS.
http://www.sics.se/contiki/uipv6-faq.html (accessed on 30 Aug 2009)
[7] J. Hui. Compression Format for IPv6 Datagrams in 6LoWPAN
Networks in draft-hui-6lowpan-hc-01. July 28 2008.
[8] Adam Dunkels, A Lightweight Layered Communication Stack for
Sensor Networks. In: European Conference on Wireless Sensor
Networks (EWSN), January 2007, Delft, The Netherlands.
[9] Adam Dunkels, Thiemo Voigt, Niclas Bergman, Mats J¨onsson. The
Design and Implementation of an IP-based Sensor Network for Intrusion
Monitoring. In Swedish National Computer Networking Workshop, Nov
2004, Karlstad, Sweden.
[10] Modula m-Stack http://www.modula.si/mstack/en (accessed on 30 Aug
2009)
[11] Arch Rock Earns IPv6 Forum's 'IPv6 Ready Phase 2' Designation.
http://www.archrock.com/news_events/ (accessed on 30 Aug 2009)
[12] Jennic-s Product brief 6LoWPAN Network Protocol Stack, a low power
wireless IP connectivity solution. . [Online]. Available:
http://www.jennic.com/files/product_briefs/6LoWPAN_PB_1v2.pdf
(accessed on 30 Aug 2009)
[13] Product Brief - JN5139-EK010.
http://www.jennic.com/files/product_briefs/JN5139-EK010-
PBv1.011.pdf (accessed on 30 Aug 2009)
[14] Arch Rock Introduces OEM Version of IP-Based Wireless Sensor
Network Technology
http://www.archrock.com/news_events/press_releases/2008.06.10.php
(accessed on 30 Aug 2009)
[15] Arch Rock IP/6LoWPAN Evaluation Software Distribution.
http://asdsupport.archrock.com/docs/asd_api_refman_20080505.pdf
(accessed on 30 Aug 2009)
[16] Adam Dunkels, JP Vasseur."Internet Protocol for Smart Objects (IPSO)
Alliance" a White Paper
[17] G. Montenegro, N. Kushalnagar, D. Culler "Transmission of IPv6
Packets over IEEE 802.15.4 Networks" in RFC 4944, September 2007.
[18] Geoff Mulligan, 6LoWPAN Working Group "The 6LoWPAN
Architecture" in Workshop on Embedded Networked Sensors,
Proceedings of the 4th workshop on Embedded networked sensors,
Cork, Ireland. Pages: 78 - 82, Year of Publication: 2007, ISBN:978-1-
59593-694-3
[19] Karl Mayer, Wolfgang Fritsche "IP-enabled Wireless Sensor Networks
and their integration into the Internet" in ACM International Conference
Proceeding Series; Vol. 138, Proceedings of the first international
conference on Integrated internet ad hoc and sensor networks, Nice,
France. Article No. 5, Year of Publication: 2006, ISBN:1-59593-427-8
[20] S. Deering, R. Hinden, "Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6)
Specification" in RFC2460, December 1998.
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standard are being widely deployed for various purposes and in
different scenarios. IPv6 low power wireless private area network
(6LoWPAN) was adopted as part of the IETF standard for the
wireless sensor devices so that it will become an open standard
compares to other dominated proprietary standards available in the
market. 6LoWPAN also allows the integration and communication of
sensor nodes with the Internet more viable. This paper presents a
comparative study on different available IPv6 platforms for wireless
sensor networks including open and close sources. It also discusses
about the platforms used by these stacks. Finally it evaluates and
provides appropriate suggestions which can be use for selection of
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