Software-defined Wireless Sensor Networks and Internet of Things standardization synergism

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) and the Internet of Things (IoT) are composed of devices capable of sensing/actuation, communication and processing, that could be used to improve our daily life, however standardization has been considered one of the main challenges to their deployment. We here discuss standardization issues and possible uses of Software-Defined Networking (SDN) in the context of the Internet of Things. We provide an overview of RPL and TinySDN protocols, and then examine their routing features, interoperability possibilities and support to legacy networks. Next we discuss RPL and TinySDN synergism, and conclude this paper with a discussion on how SDN could improve WSN and IoT deployments.