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6LoWPANExtending IP to Low-Power WPAN
By: Shadi Janansefat
CS441 Dr. Kemal Akkaya
Fall 2011
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• A review on WSN
• Introducing 6LoWPAN
• 6LoWPAN Adaptation Layer
• 6LoWPAN Stacked Headers
• Routing in 6LoWPAN
• Conclusion
Contents:
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What is a WSN?
• WSN: Wireless Sensor Network
• A network with wireless links formed in an ad-hoc
manner
• The nodes are collaborative spatially distributed
sensors
• Usually consists of a large number of nodes
• All nodes are used for a common task
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Applications of WSNs
• Networking unattended sensor nodes have significant
impact on the efficiency of many applications:
▫ Military applications such as combat field surveillance
▫ Civil applications such as security and disaster
management
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Characteristics of a Sensor Node
• Small device that can sense information around itself
• Capable of short range communication
• Constrained in energy supply and bandwidth
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IEEE 802.15.4
• A MAC layer protocol for WSNs
• Uses CSMA-CA channel access
• Low power consumption
• Supports star and peer-to-peer topology
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6LoWPAN: Extending IPv6 to Low Power WPANs
• 6LoWPAN defines how to extend IPv6 over low data rate, low power networks(LoWPAN)
• Why? ▫ Employing tools already developed rather than starting
from scratch
• Challenges ▫ Large size of IPv6 datagram ▫ A responsive network layer is needed ▫ The need for supporting Multi-hop topology
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IPv6 over IEEE 802.15.4
• 6LoWPAN introduces an adaptation layer between the
IP stack’s link and network layers
• The adaptation layer enables efficient transmission of
IPv6 datagrams over 802.15.4
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6LoWPAN Adaptation Layer
• Introducing the idea of stacked header:
▫ You only pay for what you use
• This layer provides :
▫ Header compression
▫ Fragmentation
▫ Support for layer-two forwarding
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6LoWPAN Stacked Headers
• All header formats are identified using dispatch header
• The mesh header is used to encode the hop limit
• The fragmentation header supports the fragmentation and
reassembly of payloads
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Utilizing Separate Headers
• 1)Point to Point Small Packet
• 2)Fragmented Large Packet
• 3)Mesh Transmitted Packet
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Routing in 6LoWPAN
• Mesh Under Routing
▫ No IP routing
▫ Routing within the LoWPAN
• Route Over Routing
▫ Routing at the IP layer
▫ Utilizing network-layer capabilities defined by IP
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Conclusion
• 6LoWPAN introduces a high quality IPv6 network stack on 802.15.4
• 6LoWPAN does not solve all of the problems and issues related to sensor networks
• Future research areas:▫ Neighbor Discovery▫ secure neighbor discovery▫ service discovery
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Thank YouFor Your Attention
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