IPv6 Over Low‐Power WPAN (6Lowpan)
Daniel Minoli · 2013
Developers make the case that the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.15.4-2003 standard is very promising for the lower layers. As for higher layer functions, the goal is to utilize internet protocol (IP) technology, specifically internet protocol version6 (IPv6), considering the v6 capabilities and benefits. The basic RFC makes 802.15.4 look like an IPv6 link; it provides basic encapsulation and efficient representation of packets smaller than 100 octets. Some highlights of this work are provided in this chapter. LoWPANs in general and IEEE 802.15.4-2003-based systems in particular have design constraints that need to be taken into consideration when developing a protocol stack. All Low-Power wireless personal area network (LoWPAN)-encapsulated datagrams transported over IEEE 802.15.4 are prefixed by an encapsulation header stack. Each header in the header stack contains a header type followed by zero or more header fields. Controlled Vocabulary Terms data encapsulation; IEEE 802.15 Standards; wireless personal area networks