The Internet of Everything

I have produced (with the help of others) a number of materials over the years and have linked them here for those that want to learn more. I hope you find them useful.

What's New?

Internet of Everything in Action

Monitoring Vint Cerf's Wine Cellar
Vint Cerf depends on Arch Rock technology to ensure that his wine cellar is maintaining the optimal environment.
Building a Smarter Power Grid
GE and OG&E are working together to build a smarter grid in Oklahoma City. For 6,600 participants of our project, technology like the GE SmartMeter™ is changing the way they use electricity in powerful new ways. Arch Rock provided the complete Home Area Network (HAN) solution, including the In-Home Displays and Smart Thermostats.
Helping Firefighters Save Lives
The Advanced Incident Response System (AIRS) is an IPv6-enabled solution that allows incident response personnel from various local, municipal, and government agencies to communicate seamlessly during an event while minimizing dependencies on the fixed infrastructure of the disaster site. Arch Rock provided the wireless networking technology.

Standards Specifications

RFC 4944: Transmission of IPv6 Packets over IEEE 802.15.4 Networks
Gabriel Montenegro, Nandakishore Kushalnagar, Jonathan Hui, and David Culler.
RFC 6206: The Trickle Algorithm
Philip Levis, Thomas Clausen, Jonathan Hui, Omprakash Gnawali, and JeongGil Ko.
RFC 6282: Compression Format for IPv6 Datagrams over IEEE 802.15.4-Based Networks
Jonathan Hui and Pascal Thubert.
RFC 6550: RPL: IPv6 Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks
Tim Winter, Pascal Thubert, Anders Brandt, Jonathan Hui, Richard Kelsey, Philip Levis, Kris Pister, Rene Struik, JP Vasseur, and Roger Alexander.
RFC 6553: The RPL Option for Carrying RPL Information in Data-Plane Datagrams
Jonathan Hui and JP Vasseur.
RFC 6554: An IPv6 Routing Header for Source Routes with RPL
Jonathan Hui, JP Vasseur, Vishwas Manral, and David Culler.

Articles and Tutorials

RPL - IPSO Alliance Webinar Series
A technical overview of RPL, brought to you by the IPSO Alliance.
6LoWPAN - IPSO Alliance Webinar Series
A technical overview of 6LoWPAN, brought to you by the IPSO Alliance.
Time to ROLL - Routing Over Low power and Lossy networks
Video of David Culler's keynote at ETTX. David presents my work on IPv6/6LoWPAN in his own flavor and gives his take on how it can shape the future of sensornets. You'll recognize many of the slides from some of my other talks.
RPL: The IP routing protocol designed for low power and lossy networks
A technical overview of the Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RPL).
IP-based Wireless Sensor Networking: Secure, Reliable, Low-Power IP Connectivity for IEEE 802.15.4 Networks
A high-level overview on the benefits of IP and an introduction to 6LoWPAN.
6LoWPAN: Incorporating IEEE 802.15.4 into the IP architecture
A more technical tutorial on 6LoWPAN, including some insight into the design decisions, explanation of header formats, and challenges that remain to be addressed.
6LoWPAN Tutorial: IP on IEEE 802.15.4 Low-Power Wireless Networks
A technical tutorial in powerpoint form, explaining the benefits of IP and the design of 6LoWPAN. Being the first 6LoWPAN tutorial publicly available, some information contained within is now out of date.
Lightweight IPv6 Stacks for Smart Objects: the Experience of Three Independent and Interoperable Implementations
Brings together some important information that I and other implementors have learned in developing IPv6/6LoWPAN networks.
Arch Rock IP/6LoWPAN Overview: An IPv6 Network for Wireless Sensor Networks
A very brief technical overview of the IPv6/6LoWPAN solution provided by Arch Rock Corporation.
TinyOS Kernel - IPv6 (TOSKI)
This IPSN'09 tutorial provided a hands-on overview of creating IPv6/6LoWPAN applications using a TinyOS-based network kernel.

Academic Work

IPv6 in Low-Power Wireless Networks
Jonathan W. Hui and David E. Culler. In Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 98, no. 11, pp. 1865-1878, November, 2010.
[Paper] [BibTex]
IP is Dead, Long Live IP for Wireless Sensor Networks
Jonathan W. Hui and David E. Culler. In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, November 05 - 07, 2008). SenSys '08. ACM, New York, NY.
[Paper] [Slides] [BibTex]
An Extended Internet Architecture for Low-Power Wireless Networks - Design and Implementation
Jonathan W. Hui. PhD. Dissertation, University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, California, USA, 2008).
[Dissertation] [Slides] [BibTex]
6LoWPAN: Extending IP to Low-Power, Wireless Personal Area Networks
Jonathan W. Hui and David E. Culler. IEEE Internet Computing, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 37-45, Jul/Aug, 2008.
[Paper] [BibTex]
Connecting Low-Power and Lossy Networks to the Internet
JeongGil Ko, Andreas Terzis, Stephen Dawson-Haggerty, David E. Culler, Jonathan W. Hui, and Philip Levis. IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 49, no. 4, pp. 96-101, April, 2011.
[Paper] [BibTex]
A Sensor Network Architecture for the IP Enterprise
Arch Rock Corporation. In Proceedings of the Sixth international Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, April 25 - 27, 2006). IPSN '07. ACM, New York, NY, 407-415.
[Abstract] [BibTex]
A New Embedded Web Services Experience for Wireless Sensor Networks
Arch Rock Corporation. In Proceedings of the 4th international Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (Boulder, Colorado, USA, October 31 - November 3, 2006). SenSys '06. ACM, New York, NY.
Received best demo award.
CS194-05 (S'08): The Internet of Everyday Things
In Spring 2008, I helped teach an undergraduate EECS design studio course, called the Internet of Everyday Things. In addition to teaching core networking and embedded computing concepts, the goal was for students to build fun and useful IP-based applications on top of the same IPv6/6LoWPAN kernel developed for my research. The course was amazingly successful. In a matter of weeks, students built a Google Maps/Nordic Trac Cyber-Physical Mashup, Web-Enabled Coffee Pot, and a Smart Refrigerator.

Press

  1. ZigBee’s IPv6-Compatible Spec Goes Live
    Greentech Media, April 2, 2013.

  2. GTM Research Hands Out 2013 Smart Grid Innovation Awards
    Greentech Media, March 27, 2013.

  3. Vint Cerf’s futuristic wine cellar — and what it means for you
    Ars Technica, January 8, 2013.

  4. Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Cisco for its Highly Innovative and Enabling Technology for Smart Grids
    Frost & Sullivant, October 1, 2012.

  5. Elster Joins Cisco’s IPv6 Smart Grid Train
    Greentech Media, September 19, 2012.

  6. Cisco Doubles Down on Smart Grid
    SmartGridNews, April 18, 2012.

  7. Vint Cerf Uses Arch Rock Tech in Wine Cellar
    CNET, December, 12, 2011.

  8. Cisco’s All-IP Smart Meter Domination Plan
    Greentech Media, October 12, 2011.

  9. Smart Grid AMI Networking: Phase II
    Greentech Media, September 7, 2010.

  10. It’s Official: The Future of the Smart Grid Is IP
    GigaOM, September 7, 2010.

  11. Cisco buys wireless sensor outfit Arch Rock in smart-grid push
    CNET, September 2, 2010.

  12. Arch Rock Unveils Internet Standards-Based Wireless Mesh Platform for Smart Grids
    TMCnet, June 18, 2010.

  13. The Battle Over the Next-gen Open Smart Grid
    Earth2tech, June 6, 2010.

  14. Arch Rock Earns IPv6 Forum's 'IPv6 Ready Phase 2' Designation
    Embedded.com, July 17, 2009.

  15. Wireless sensor system measures, analyzes energy use
    Network World, April 21, 2009.

  16. 6LoWPAN Goes Where ZigBee Can't
    ECNmag.com, March 10, 2009.

  17. Vineyard uses sensor network to fine-tune irrigation
    Network World, March 4, 2009.

  18. Time's Best Inventions of 2008
    Time Magazine, November 3, 2008.

  19. What's Next for IP Networks?
    Forbes Magazine, October 17, 2008.

  20. New vibe in sensor networks
    Network World, September 22, 2008.

  21. Beeps, blips and IT: Making sense of sensor data
    Computer World, June 24, 2008.

  22. Low power, IP key to sensor net success
    EE Times, June 18, 2008.

  23. IP Standards Effort Rolls for Wireless Sensor Nets
    EE Times, May 9, 2008.

  24. Arch Rock and ISA 100 Suppliers Demonstrate New Wireless Sensor Technology
    ARC Advisory Group, April 4, 2008.

  25. Arch Rock Builds Internet Protocol Links Into Wireless Sensors
    Information Week, March 31, 2008.

  26. ZigBee gets an IP-based rival
    InfoWorld, March 31, 2008.

  27. Wireless vendor simplifies IPv6 sensor networks
    Network World, March 31, 2008.

  28. Arch Rock and Hitachi Demo 6LoWPAN Interoperability with Renesas at December IETF Meeting
    Industrial Embedded Systems, December 7, 2007.

  29. Arch Rock, Sensinode Conduct First Interoperability Test of IETF 6LoWPAN Standard
    Press Release, July 31, 2007.

  30. IPv6 sensor nets gain new products, standards work
    Network World, March 21, 2007.

  31. Wireless sensors enter the IP and Web services arena
    Network World, March 19, 2007.

  32. First IP-Powered Wireless Sensor Network Debuts
    Government Technology, October 30, 2006.

  33. Start-up's SOA framework links wireless sensor networks, IP backbone
    Network World, October 30, 2006.

  34. New Sensor Line Inspires Start-Ups
    The Wall Street Journal, March 27, 2006.

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