Design and implementation of interconnecting IPv6 wireless sensor networks with the Internet

Author

Guoping Yu ; Huasong Min ; Hongxing Wei ; Haojun Huang

Author_Institution

Eng. Res. Center of Metall. Autom. & Meas. Technol. of Minist. of Educ., Wuhan Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Wuhan, China

fYear

2012

fDate

11-14 Dec. 2012

Firstpage

1325

Lastpage

1330

Abstract

6LoWPAN gives a great opportunity for sensor networks to communicate with the Internet using IP. However, it´s difficult for the 6LoWPAN sensor networks to be operated from the Internet directly. In this paper, an access gateway and sensor nodes based on 6LoWPAN are designed and constructed to make the interconnection feasible. This solution allows legal Internet IPv4 client to access and control each specific sensor nodes using IPv6. Furthermore, it enables different sensor networks to exchange information through a 6to4 tunnel implementation. Besides, the performance of the WSN has been evaluated and analyzed. The experimental results show that the interconnection between IPv6 WSN and Internet is successful and reliable.

Keywords

IP networks; Internet; computer network reliability; internetworking; network servers; personal area networks; radio access networks; wireless sensor networks; 6LoWPAN sensor network; 6to4 tunnel implementation; Internet IPv4 client; WSN; access gateway; information exchange; interconnecting IPv6 wireless sensor network; reliability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), 2012 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Guangzhou

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2125-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ROBIO.2012.6491152

Filename

6491152