Title
Multipoint-to-Point and Broadcast in RPL
Abstract
Recent trends in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have suggested converging to such being IPv6-based. To this effect, the Internet Engineering Task Force has chartered a Working Group to develop a routing protocol specification, enabling IPv6-based multi-hop Wireless Sensor Networks. This routing protocol, denoted RPL, has been under development for approximately a year, and this paper takes a critical look at the state of advancement hereof: it provides a brief algorithmic description of the protocol, and discusses areas where -- in the authors view -- further efforts are required in order for the protocol to become a viable candidate for general use in WSNs. Among these areas is the lack of a proper broadcast mechanism. This paper suggests two such broadcast mechanisms, both aiming at (i) exploiting the existing routing state of RPL, while (ii) requiring no additional state maintenance, and studies the performance of RPL and of these suggested mechanisms.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1109/NBiS.2010.38
NBiS
Keywords
Field
DocType
broadcast mechanism,ipv6-based multi-hop,additional state maintenance,suggested mechanism,proper broadcast mechanism,existing routing state,wireless sensor networks,denoted rpl,routing protocol specification,routing protocol,ipv6,routing protocols,working group,wireless sensor network,routing,unicast,wireless communication,broadcast,sensors,multicast
IPv6,Computer science,Computer network,Wireless Routing Protocol,Unicast,Multicast,Wireless sensor network,Routing protocol,The Internet,Distributed computing,Zone Routing Protocol
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
10
1.48
1
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Thomas Clausen12068141.73
Ulrich Herberg214015.14