DocumentCode
1459858
Title
CoAP: An Application Protocol for Billions of Tiny Internet Nodes
Author
Bormann, Carsten ; Castellani, Angelo P. ; Shelby, Zach
Volume
16
Issue
2
fYear
2012
Firstpage
62
Lastpage
67
Abstract
The Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) is a transfer protocol for constrained nodes and networks, such as those that will form the Internet of Things. Much like its older and heavier cousin HTTP, CoAP uses the REST architectural style. Based on UDP and unencumbered by historical baggage, however, CoAP aims to achieve its modest goals with considerably less complexity.
Keywords
Internet; transport protocols; HTTP; Internet nodes; Internet of Things; REST architectural style; UDP; constrained application protocol; historical baggage; transfer protocol; IP networks; Internet; Machine intelligence; Protocols; Servers; Service oriented architecture; Wireless sensor networks; 6LoWPAN; CoAP; Constrained RESTful Environments (CoRE); Internet of Things; REST; Web of things; constrained nodes and networks; embedded Internet; machine-to-machine (M2M) communication; smart objects; wireless sensor networks;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Internet Computing, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1089-7801
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MIC.2012.29
Filename
6159216
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