Low-Power Interoperability for the IPv6-Based Internet of Things

The Internet of Things requires interoperability and low power consumption, but interoperability and low power consumption have thus far been mutually exclusive. This talk outlines the challenges in attaining low power operation for the IPv6-based Internet of Things, how this affects interoperability, and what must be done to combine the two. Research and standardization has come a long way towards providing efficient protocols and specifications for IPv6 for the Internet of Things. The efforts of the IETF 6lowpan and ROLL working groups and the IPSO Alliance have resulted in protocols and interoperability testing frameworks for those protocols.