Title
Device Discovery And Context Registration In Static Context Header Compression Networks
Abstract
Due to the limited bandwidth of Low-Power Wide-Area Networks (LPWAN), the application layer is currently often tied straight above the link layer, limiting the evolution of sensor networks distributed over a large area. Consequently, the highly efficient Static Context Header Compression (SCHC) standard was introduced, where devices can compress the IPv6 and upper layer protocols down to a single byte. This approach, however, assumes that every compression context is distributed before deployment, again limiting the evolution of such networks. Therefore, this paper presents two context registration mechanisms leveraging on the SCHC adaptation layer. This is done by analyzing current registration solutions in order to find limitations and optimizations with regard to very constrained networks. Both solutions and the current State-of-The-Art (SoTA) are evaluated in a Lightweight Machine to Machine (LwM2M) environment. In such situation, both developed solutions decrease the energy consumption already after 25 transmissions, compared with the current SoTA. Furthermore, simulations show that Long Range (LoRa) devices still have a 80% chance to successfully complete the registration flow in a network with a 50% Packet Error Ratio. Briefly, the work presented in this paper delivers bootstrapping tools to constrained, SCHC-enabled networks while still being able to reduce energy consumption.
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.3390/info12020083
INFORMATION
Keywords
DocType
Volume
LPWAN, Internet of Things, Static Context Header Compression, IPv6, standardization
Journal
12
Issue
Citations 
PageRank 
2
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Bart Moons133.80
Eli De Poorter200.34
Jeroen Hoebeke300.34