Implementation and Performance Evaluation of nanoIP Protocols: Simplified Versions of TCP, UDP,HTTP and SLP for Wireless Sensor Networks

We present the implementation architecture and performance evaluation of the nanoIP protocol stack. The stack consists of miniaturized versions of UDP, TCP, SLP and HTTP protocols with reduced header sizes and complexity to make the protocols usable in wireless sensor networks. Similarity to the TCP/IP stack facilitates the development of gateways towards IP-based networks and makes the use of the stack easier for developers accustomed to network programming. Our implementation work and experiments show that the footprint of the stack is acceptable even for the most resource constrained sensor nodes.