IPv6 sensor nets gain new products, standards work
The move to bring IPv6 to wireless sensors networks, making them part of the next-generation Internet, got a boost this week with new products from two vendors, and an Internet group taking the next step in standardizing the protocol for these low-power networks.
Both the products and the advancing standard are adding fuel to a controversy over whether the Internet protocol suite is suitable for short-range, low-power networks, especially with a variety of other protocols, such as ZigBee, being adopted by vendors for a growing range of vendors.
Meeting in Prague, Czech Republic, earlier this week, the Internet Engineering Task Force’s IPv6 Low Power Wireless Personal Area Network working group (6LoWPAN) took another step toward a final standard.
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