Network to network solution

This layer solution may cover the definition and analysis of methods to integrate and allow interoperability of IoT components at the network layer.

Overview

The network interoperability solution that INTER-IoT proposes may address:

  • Pervasiveness and ubiquity network aspects including seamless mobility of smart objects between different IoT architectures,

  • Highly constrained environment in terms of physical size, available memory, CPU power and battery life in addition to communicating over wireless low power lossy networks in which Smart Objects operate,

  • Research in routing mechanisms to overcome traditional routing protocols drawbacks, specially route of information over IPv6 , in particular, carrying IPv6 over low power networks (6LowPAN) and RPL (Routing Protocol for Low Power and Lossy Networks).

Additionally, mechanisms based on tunnelling will be used in case of networks that cannot interoperate with a special focus on fully reconfigurable devices supporting the emerging SDR (Software Defined Radio) paradigm, mechanism that is explained further in this guide. In particular, these specific devices can be used to implement networking interoperability by acting as “transparent bridges or gateways” between different radio technologies. This approach could be very effective when different smart objects, placed in a specific environment and equipped with different low range radio technologies such as Bluetooth, Zig Bee, Wi-Fi, would communicate with each other.

Documentation

Within this documentation guide INTER-IoT presents his approach to solve the network interoperability problem. The different technologies used to address the problem and introduced and defined. Moreover, the instructions to download and install this solution, configure it and the possibility to extend their capabilities are shown. For one side, the Software Defined Radio solution. For the other side, the Software Defined network solution present the network architecture based in this paradigm and the different technologies used during this project to achieve the aforementioned interoperability.