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Are Low PANs a PAN or an Internet of PANs?

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Advances in Grid and Pervasive Computing (GPC 2006)

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ZigBee has recently emerged as a widely recognized forum that is formalizing IEEE802.15.4 devices for interoperability and compatibility amongst a number of vendors and designers. Under the auspices of IETF working group of 6lowPAN, efforts are underway to provide interconnectivity between low powered IEEE802.15.4 devices and wired IPv6 domain. Besides a plethora of interoperability issues, routing stands out as a challenging consideration. In this paper, we have discussed the routing approaches adopted in current ZigBee device specifications and existing work under the 6lowPAN charter. We describe, through a protocol, how to involve gateways in routing functionality in 6lowPAN networks. Through NS2-based simulation study, our performance analysis amenably supports the applicability of our protocol.

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  1. Graduate School of Information and Communication, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea

    Ki-Hyung Kim & Ali Hammad Akbar

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  1. Department of Computer Science, National Tsing Hua University, 30013, Hsinchu, Taiwan

    Yeh-Ching Chung

  2. IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA

    José E. Moreira

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Kim, KH., Akbar, A.H. (2006). Are Low PANs a PAN or an Internet of PANs?. In: Chung, YC., Moreira, J.E. (eds) Advances in Grid and Pervasive Computing. GPC 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3947. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11745693_52

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