Addressing for 6LoWPAN based on multi-hop clusters

Coordinate-based addressing for MANET

“…During a communication process, a node uses a unique address to identify itself, so a requisite of performing correct communications is that each node is configured with a unique address [3,4]. In order to achieve address configuration for one MANET, some addressing approaches [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] are proposed. In these solutions, each node independently performs an addressing process, so the addressing cost and latency are relatively high.…”

“…In this way, the cluster members in different clusters might perform the addressing in parallel, so the addressing delay is reduced. In [9], an address method based on multi-hop clusters is proposed. In this method, a cluster head first calculates the weighs of cluster members based on location information and then makes use of the weighs to achieve the addressing for cluster members via one addressing operation.…”

“…Moreover, the addressing process in one grid is independent of the one in another grid, so the addressing processes in different grids can be performed in parallel and the addressing latency is reduced. The addressing solutions [7][8][9][10][11] achieve the addressing, but they do not address the network partitioning and merging issues.…”

“…Since C init-total is the total addressing cost for n nodes, the addressing cost C addr-C1 for a new node is shown in formula (8). Similarly, the addressing delay T init-total includes the generation delay T gene of coordinating nodes and the confirmation delay T conf of address uniqueness, as shown in formula (9). The generation processes of four coordinating nodes tend to be performed in parallel, so T gene is shown in formula (10) where t is the delay of transmitting a message between neighbors.…”

Addressing for 6LoWPAN

“…One of the key technologies to achieve 6LoWPAN WSN is to achieve the IPv6 address configuration for WSN (Wang et al, 2016a(Wang et al, , 2016b(Wang et al, , 2017b. Unlike the traditional IP network, WSN is a multi-hop network where a sensor node performs a routing/forwarding function.…”