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Dual Addressing Scheme in IPv6 over IEEE 802.15.4 Wireless Sensor Networks

  • Yang, Soo-Young (Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Sejong University) ;
  • Park, Sung-Jin (Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Sejong University) ;
  • Lee, Eun-Ju (IT Convergence Technology Research Laboratory, ETRI) ;
  • Ryu, Jae-Hong (IT Convergence Technology Research Laboratory, ETRI) ;
  • Kim, Bong-Soo (IT Convergence Technology Research Laboratory, ETRI) ;
  • Kim, Hyung-Seok (Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Sejong University)
  • Received : 2008.01.31
  • Accepted : 2008.08.22
  • Published : 2008.10.31
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Abstract

This paper proposes a dual addressing scheme (DAS) for IPv6 over IEEE 802.15.4 wireless sensor networks (WSN). DAS combines a global unicast address to cope with association link changes and node mobility, and it links local addresses to lighten the overhead of the system to save energy and resources. This paper describes DAS address formats, address autoconfiguration, and address translation tables in the gateway. A detailed description of DAS is provided through examples. Simulations are performed to demonstrate the performance improvements of the DAS compared with the IPv6-based WSN, which uses the conventional single address.

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