Networking solutions for connecting bluetooth low energy enabled machines to the internet of things

Author

Nieminen, Johanna ; Gomez, Christopher ; Isomaki, Markus ; Savolainen, Teemu ; Patil, Basavaraj ; Shelby, Zach ; Xi, Minjun ; Oller, Joaquim

Volume

28

Issue

6

fYear

2014

fDate

Nov.-Dec. 2014

Firstpage

83

Lastpage

90

Abstract

The next wave driving the expansion of the Internet will come from the Internet of Things. Bluetooth LE is a rapidly emerging ultra-low-power radio technology expected to be incorporated in billions of IoT devices in the next few years. Consequently, it is particularly important to specify Internet connectivity solutions for Bluetooth LE. In this article we present such solutions based on the ongoing standardization work in the IETF and Bluetooth Special Interest Group. We prove the feasibility of a complete IP-based protocol stack on constrained devices and illustrate its performance, highlighting key trade-offs. In addition, we discuss gateway operation covering global IPv6 connectivity and proxy-cache functionality.

Keywords

Bluetooth; IP networks; Internet; Internet of Things; cache storage; internetworking; protocols; Bluetooth LE; Bluetooth low energy enabled machines; Bluetooth special interest group; IETF; Internet connectivity solutions; Internet-of-things; complete IP-based protocol stack; constrained devices; gateway operation; global IPv6 connectivity; key trade-offs; networking solutions; proxy-cache functionality; ultra-low-power radio technology; Bluetooth; IEEE 802.15 Standards; IP networks; Internet; Internet of things; Payloads; Power demand;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Network, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0890-8044

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MNET.2014.6963809

Filename

6963809