Affiliations: Department of Information and Communications
Engineering, Computer Science Faculty at the University of Murcia, Murcia,
Spain | Department of Computer Science, University College
London, London, UK
Note: [] Corresponding author: Antonio J. Jara, Department of Information
and Communications Engineering (DIIC), Computer Science Faculty at the
University of Murcia, Murcia, ES-3100, Spain. E-mail: jara@ieee.org
Abstract: Emerging Internet of Things (IoT)/Machine-to-Machine (M2M) systems
require a transparent access to information and services through a seamless
integration into the Future Internet. This integration exploits infrastructure
and services found on the Internet by the IoT. On the one hand, the so-called
Web of Things aims for direct Web connectivity by pushing its technology down
to devices and smart things. On the other hand, the current and Future Internet
offer stable, scalable, extensive, and tested protocols for node and service
discovery, mobility, security, and auto-configuration, which are also required
for the IoT. In order to integrate the IoT into the Internet, this work adapts,
extends, and bridges using IPv6 the existing IoT building blocks (such as
solutions from IEEE 802.15.4, BT-LE, RFID) while maintaining backwards
compatibility with legacy networked embedded systems from building and
industrial automation. Specifically, this work presents an extended Internet
stack with a set of adaptation layers from non-IP towards the IPv6-based
network layer in order to enable homogeneous access for applications and
services.
Keywords: Internet of Things, network communications, internetworking, wireless sensor networks, backwards compatibility, system architecture, IPv6
