6 LoWPAN - The Internet Of Things


Enabling the Internet of Things

A new innovation in Internet Protocol technology, called 6LoWPAN, is making the Internet of Things become a reality. 6LoWPAN is a standard from the IETF published in 2007, which optimizes IPv6 for use with low-power, low-bandwidth communication technologies such as the IEEE 802.15.4 radio. 6LoWPAN works by compressing 60 bytes of headers down to just 7 bytes, and optimizing mechanisms for wireless embedded networking. Sensinode is one of the founding promoters of the IP Smart Objects Alliance, which promotes the use of embedded IP solutions in smart objects.


Sensinode started an IP revolution.

Sensinode was founded based on pioneering work in IP wireless embedded networking. Sensinode's founders released NanoIP, the first compressed IP for wireless sensor networks, already in 2001. This revolutionary work was one of the influencing factors for 6LoWPAN standardization. Sensinode's mission has been to revolutionize low-power wireless networking with IP technology from day 1.

IP For Smart Objects [english, pdf]

IP Based Wireless Sensor And Embedded Networks [english, pdf]