The effect of fragmentation and header compression on IP-based sensor networks (6LoWPAN)

Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) over Low-power Personal Area Network (6LoWPAN) is proposed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) working group to accomplish the concept of IP-based Wireless Sensor Network (WSN). A new layer is incorporated between IPv6 network layer and 802.15.4 MAC layer...

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Main Authors: Mesrinejad, Farhad, Hashim, Fazirulhisyam, Noordin, Nor Kamariah, A. Rasid, Mohd Fadlee, Raja Abdullah, Raja Syamsul Azmir
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2011
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author Mesrinejad, Farhad
Hashim, Fazirulhisyam
Noordin, Nor Kamariah
A. Rasid, Mohd Fadlee
Raja Abdullah, Raja Syamsul Azmir
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Hashim, Fazirulhisyam
Noordin, Nor Kamariah
A. Rasid, Mohd Fadlee
Raja Abdullah, Raja Syamsul Azmir
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description Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) over Low-power Personal Area Network (6LoWPAN) is proposed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) working group to accomplish the concept of IP-based Wireless Sensor Network (WSN). A new layer is incorporated between IPv6 network layer and 802.15.4 MAC layer, which is entitled adaptation layer. Header compression, packet fragmentation, and layer two forwarding are the main tasks of the adaptation layer. An IPv6 packet is too big regarding to the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) size of 802.15.4 standard thus it has to be fragmented. Breaking up a big packet to number of small fragments and attaching new headers to each fragment may affect the energy level. In this paper, we place an attention on the impact of the adaptation layer on the energy consumption of a 6LoWPAN sensor node. From our analysis, we found that the adaptation layer, in particular the fragmentation process may increase the energy consumption of a sensor node by 5 to 10 percent.
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spelling upm-482892019-04-18T04:44:54Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48289/ The effect of fragmentation and header compression on IP-based sensor networks (6LoWPAN) Mesrinejad, Farhad Hashim, Fazirulhisyam Noordin, Nor Kamariah A. Rasid, Mohd Fadlee Raja Abdullah, Raja Syamsul Azmir Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) over Low-power Personal Area Network (6LoWPAN) is proposed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) working group to accomplish the concept of IP-based Wireless Sensor Network (WSN). A new layer is incorporated between IPv6 network layer and 802.15.4 MAC layer, which is entitled adaptation layer. Header compression, packet fragmentation, and layer two forwarding are the main tasks of the adaptation layer. An IPv6 packet is too big regarding to the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) size of 802.15.4 standard thus it has to be fragmented. Breaking up a big packet to number of small fragments and attaching new headers to each fragment may affect the energy level. In this paper, we place an attention on the impact of the adaptation layer on the energy consumption of a 6LoWPAN sensor node. From our analysis, we found that the adaptation layer, in particular the fragmentation process may increase the energy consumption of a sensor node by 5 to 10 percent. IEEE 2011 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48289/1/The%20effect%20of%20fragmentation%20and%20header%20compression%20on%20IP-based%20sensor%20networks%20%286LoWPAN%29.pdf Mesrinejad, Farhad and Hashim, Fazirulhisyam and Noordin, Nor Kamariah and A. Rasid, Mohd Fadlee and Raja Abdullah, Raja Syamsul Azmir (2011) The effect of fragmentation and header compression on IP-based sensor networks (6LoWPAN). In: 17th Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications (APCC 2011), 2-5 Oct. 2011, Sutera Harbour Resort, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. (pp. 845-849). 10.1109/APCC.2011.6152926
spellingShingle Mesrinejad, Farhad
Hashim, Fazirulhisyam
Noordin, Nor Kamariah
A. Rasid, Mohd Fadlee
Raja Abdullah, Raja Syamsul Azmir
The effect of fragmentation and header compression on IP-based sensor networks (6LoWPAN)
title The effect of fragmentation and header compression on IP-based sensor networks (6LoWPAN)
title_full The effect of fragmentation and header compression on IP-based sensor networks (6LoWPAN)
title_fullStr The effect of fragmentation and header compression on IP-based sensor networks (6LoWPAN)
title_full_unstemmed The effect of fragmentation and header compression on IP-based sensor networks (6LoWPAN)
title_short The effect of fragmentation and header compression on IP-based sensor networks (6LoWPAN)
title_sort effect of fragmentation and header compression on ip-based sensor networks (6lowpan)
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48289/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48289/1/The%20effect%20of%20fragmentation%20and%20header%20compression%20on%20IP-based%20sensor%20networks%20%286LoWPAN%29.pdf