Title :
Contiki80211: An IEEE 802.11 Radio Link Layer for the Contiki OS
Author :
Glaropoulos, Ioannis ; Vukadinovic, Vladimir ; Mangold, Stefan
Author_Institution :
Access Linnaeus Centre, Stockholm, Sweden
Abstract :
We believe that the existing 802.11 MAC layer can be optimized (especially for energy-efficiency) to make Wi-Fi suitable for a wide range of IoT applications. However, there is a lack of low-cost embedded platforms to be used for experimentation with 802.11 MAC. The majority of low-power Wi-Fi modules for embedded systems has closed source firmware and protocol stack implementations, which prevents implementation and testing of new protocol features. Here we describe Contiki80211, an open source 802.11 radio link layer implementation for Contiki OS, optimized for resource constrained embedded platforms, whose purpose is to enable experimentation with 802.11 MAC layer management mechanisms on embedded devices.
Keywords :
Internet of Things; embedded systems; radio links; wireless LAN; 802.11 MAC layer management mechanisms; Contiki80211; IEEE 802.11 radio link layer; IoT applications; Wi-Fi; closed source firmware; embedded systems; protocol stack; resource constrained embedded platforms; Delays; Hardware; IEEE 802.11 Standards; Media Access Protocol; Resource management; Universal Serial Bus; Contiki OS; IEEE 802.11; IoT; prototyping;
Conference_Titel :
High Performance Computing and Communications, 2014 IEEE 6th Intl Symp on Cyberspace Safety and Security, 2014 IEEE 11th Intl Conf on Embedded Software and Syst (HPCC,CSS,ICESS), 2014 IEEE Intl Conf on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-6122-1
DOI :
10.1109/HPCC.2014.116
