An Energy-Efficient Region-Based RPL Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks

IEEE Internet of Things Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1319-1333

  Zhao, Ming ^a   Ho, Ivan Wang Hei ^b   Chong, Peter Han Joo ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; low power and lossy networks (LLNs); point To point (P2P) communication; region based; reliability; routing protocol (RPL)

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; LOW POWER ELECTRONICS; NETWORK ROUTING; PEER TO PEER NETWORKS; POWER MANAGEMENT (TELECOMMUNICATION); RELIABILITY; ROUTING PROTOCOLS;

BUILDING AUTOMATION; ENERGY EFFICIENT ROUTING; EXTENSIVE SIMULATIONS; INDUSTRIAL CONTROLS; LOSSY NETWORKS; POINT TO POINT; REGION-BASED; SCOPE OF APPLICATION;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 85010032228     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23274662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2016.2593438     Document Type: Article

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