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Using SMS for Communication with IoT Devices

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This paper is in the context of Smart Cities and Internet of Things (IoT). We proposed a novel approach in communication of IoT devices via SMS messages. This can be beneficial during changing configuration of IoT devices or during sending data from IoT devices. SMS has some disadvantages in security and effective payload. As the security is an ongoing topic in this field, our solution manages to speedup key exchange process up to 62% compared to other solutions. We add the possibility of quick exchange of API key which is a key part in communication between IoT device and central server. With limitations of SMS length, we design the use of compression methods which can send 304 bytes in 140 bytes of a SMS body. Depending on the final usage of IoT device there is a possibility to use secure communication and/or compression. These new functions have only 4,3% time overhead in the process of sending data. That is negligible in devices which usually have to communicate in the case of predefined events or only a few times a day.

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This work was supported by the Cultural and Educational Grant Agency of the Slovak Republic (KEGA 011STU-4/2017) and ITMS 26240220084.

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Pistek, P., Hudec, M. Using SMS for Communication with IoT Devices. Mobile Netw Appl 25, 896–903 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11036-020-01520-8

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