Routing based roles assignment for monitoring 6LowPAN networks

Abstract

In this work, we present a novel approach to assign monitoring roles in constrained, low power and lossy networks using available local information provided by the routing layer. The resulting monitoring architecture is adaptive taking benefit from the reactivity of the routing protocol when dynamic changes occur due to connectivity or nodes movement. The simulation results reveal that our assignment approach is more efficient, less aggressive and less resources consuming than its competitors.