A Survey of Applicability of Information Centric Networking on Wireless Sensor Devices used in Internet of Things

Abstract

Information-centric Networks (ICN) is a new communication paradigm in which end-to-end connection establishment is not necessary between client-server and users can retrieve contents from different sources. In this paradigm, data is disseminated from the caches of intermediate nodes along the communication path other than the source, thus, enabling fast and efficient content delivery. Furthermore, by certificating the content itself rather than the transmission medium, ICN ensures content security. These features of ICN is attracting not only for traditional Internet applications, but also for Internet of Things (IoT) environments. The Internet of Things aims to integrate the user and its surroundings with web applications and services by exploiting wireless sensors attached to “things” which is connected to Internet and provides a sensory extension to the physical world. Thus, many applications and services can gather information about the surroundings of “things”. Hence, in the majority of IoT applications, information is more essential than the location of which it is retrieved from. In this context, low-cost wireless sensor networks with different hardware and communication technologies, are the most important components of IoT concept, and need to be incorporated with existing internet infrastructure to share their contents with each other. However, wireless sensor network devices have limited resources in terms of processing, memory capabilities and energy resources. Therefore, integrating these constrained devices into global communication network arises many new problems that need to be solved in the network layer and complex adaptations in the application layer. However, they can utilize from both connection and information-oriented architectures depending on the application areas and requirements. In this study, applicability of information-centric architectures is examined for wireless sensor devices that used in the IoT applications. Advantages and disadvantages are studied by considering the existing surveys and studies in literature. 

Keywords

• Information Centric Networks
• Internet of Things
• Wireless Sensor Networks

Nesnelerin İnternetinde Kullanılan Kablosuz Algılayıcı Cihazlar için Bilgi Merkezli Ağ Mimarisinin Uygulanabilirliği Araştırması

Abstract

Bilgi merkezli ağlar, (ICN – Information Centric Networks), istemci-sunucu arasında uçtan uca iletişimin kurulmadığı, kullanıcıların içerik talebini farklı sunuculardan karşılayabildiği bir ağ mimarisidir. Bu mimari, talep edilen verinin kaynak haricinde ağdaki ara düğümlerin önbelleğine kaydedilmesi ile, veriye hızlı ve kolay erişim sağlamaktadır. Ayrıca bu şekilde ağda yayılan veri, içeriğini sertifikalandırması sayesinde güvenli olarak temin edilebilmektedir. Bu nedenle ICN mimarisi, sadece geleneksel Internet uygulamaları için değil, bunun ötesinde Nesnelerin Internet’i (IoT) uygulamalarında da cazip hale gelmektedir. Nesnelerin İnternet’i kullanıcı ve çevresinin web uygulamaları ve servisleri ile bütünleşmesini amaçlamaktadır. Bu amaç doğrultusunda kablosuz algılayıcılar, internete bağlı cihazlara duyusal bir uzantı sağlayarak “nesne” olarak tanımlanabilmekte, çok sayıda uygulama ve servis bu nesnelerin çevreleri ile ilgili ürettiği içeriklerden faydalanabilmektedir. Dolayısıyla IoT uygulamalarının çoğunluğunda içerik, üretildiği konum veya cihaza kıyasla daha ön plana çıkmaktadır. Bu kapsamda IoT kavramının en önemli bileşeni olan, farklı donanım ve haberleşme teknolojilerine sahip düşük maliyetli kablosuz algılayıcı ağların, mevcut internet altyapısına dahil edilmeleri ve birbirleriyle ürettikleri içerikleri paylaşması gerekmektedir. Ancak kablosuz algılayıcı cihazların işlemci gücü, bellek kapasitesi ve enerji kaynakları sınırlıdır. Bu cihazların, mevcut haberleşme standartlarını kullanarak internete entegre olmaları maliyetli olabilmektedir. Kaynakları kısıtlı olan kablosuz algılayıcı cihazların, küresel bir iletişim ağının parçası haline gelmesi uygulama ve ağ katmanında çözülmesi gereken pek çok yeni problemi ortaya çıkarmaktadır. Bu doğrultuda kablosuz algılayıcı cihazlar yer aldıkları uygulamanın gereksinimleri ve kullanım alanlarına bağlı olarak, bağlantı merkezli (uçtan uca) veya bilgi merkezli ağ mimarilerinden faydalanabileceklerdir. Bu çalışmada, bilgi merkezli ağ mimarisinin kablosuz algılayıcı cihazlar için uygulanabilirliği, sunacağı avantajlar ve mevcut eksikleri literatürde yapılan çalışmalar göz önüne alınarak irdelenmiştir.

Keywords

• Nesnelerin İnterneti
• Bilgi Merkezli Ağlar
• KablosuzAlgılayıcı Ağlar

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