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Ubiquitous monitoring and control in future internet-connected pervasive systems architectures rely increasingly on Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) as enabling technology. This can be achieved through seamless integration along existing networking devices and systems, while taking account the data-driven nature and security constraints imposed upon such low power, efficient embedded networked platforms. We argue that only through a combined security and communication approach can the relevant goals be achieved, by considering security issues as an integral part of high level layers of the protocol stack. This chapter presents an extended analysis of security and communication constraints of IPv6-based wireless sensor networks at the network and transport layer. Leveraging the Contiki operating system for embedded sensing nodes along with the ContikiSec security layer and RPL, IPv6 Protocol for Low Power and Lossy Networks. The results of the analysis are discussed and functions of its modules are explained with focus on future reliable and large scale implementations.
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The work has been partially funded by the Sectoral Operational Programme Human Resources Development 2007–2013 of the Ministry of European Funds through the Financial Agreement POSDRU/159/1.5/S/132397. This work was partially supported by a grant of the Romanian Space Agency, “Multisensory Robotic System for Aerial Monitoring of Critical Infrastructure Systems” (MUROS), project number 71/2013.
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Halcu, I., Stamatescu, G., Stamatescu, I., Sgârciu, V. (2016). IPv6 Sensor Networks Modeling for Security and Communication Evaluation. In: Pricop, E., Stamatescu, G. (eds) Recent Advances in Systems Safety and Security. Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, vol 62. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32525-5_14
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