Title :
Beyond 6LoWPAN: Web Services in Wireless Sensor Networks
Author :
Moritz, G. ; Golatowski, Frank ; Lerche, Christoph ; Timmermann, Dirk
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Appl. Microelectron. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
Abstract :
To date, Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) require their own specific methodologies, tools, and technologies. With the rise of 6LoWPAN protocols (i.e., IPv6 over Low Power Wireless Personal Area Networks), WSNs can use IP to share a common network layer with other networks and the Internet for highly interoperable device communication. But additional efforts are necessary to develop new or adapt existing application layer protocols for IP-enabled WSNs. Hence, this paper investigates W3C SOAP Web Services (WS) in the context of WSNs. In particular, it is shown that the Devices Profile for Web Services (DPWS) can be used as an application layer protocol in WSNs.
Keywords :
IP networks; Web services; XML; electronic data interchange; open systems; protocols; telecommunication computing; wireless sensor networks; 6LoWPAN protocols; CoAP; DPWS; EXI; IETF constrained application protocol; IP-enabled WSN; Internet; KB RAM; ROM; SOAP-over-COAP binding; W3C SOAP Web services; W3C efficient XML interchange format; devices profile for Web services; interoperable device communication; mote class devices; network layer; optimized data encoding; wireless sensor networks; Protocols; Service oriented architecture; Simple object access protocol; Wireless personal area networks; Wireless sensor networks; XML; 6LoWPAN; IPv6; constrained application protocol (CoAP); device centric; devices profile for web services; efficient XML interchange (EXI); sensor networks; service-oriented architecture; service-oriented architectures (SOA); wireless;
Journal_Title :
Industrial Informatics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TII.2012.2198660
