Comparative Performance Analysis of NDN Protocol in IoT Environments
Mohamed Ahmed M. Hail, Arne Matthes, Stefan Fischer · 2024
The Internet of Things (IoT) landscape demands efficient, scalable, and secure communication protocols. Named Data Networking (NDN) has emerged as a promising approach to meet the requirements of IoT systems. This paper provides a comprehensive performance evaluation of NDN compared to IoT protocols such as MQTT. The study assesses key metrics, including CPU utilization, requests per second, and message latency, using an ESP32-based implementation. Various forwarding strategies and communication patterns are examined to highlight NDN’s intrinsic characteristics and advantages. In addition, this paper details the software architecture of an IoT device based on NDN, including its boot process and sensor services. This paper shows that Named Data Networking (NDN), especially with its caching capabilities, performs better than other protocols in certain scenarios, highlighting its effectiveness for IoT applications. The results provide valuable insights into protocol performance, guiding future IoT architecture design and implementation.