Journal of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

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JOURNAL OF BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOM ›› 2006, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (6): 1-4.doi: 10.13190/jbupt.200606.1.233

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Integrating Wireless Sensor Networks with the TCP/IP Networks

LIU Yuan-an 1, YE Liang 2,SHAO Qian-ming 2,TANG Bi-hua1   

  1. 1. School of Telecommunication Engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100087, China ; 2.Department of Communication of Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
  • Received:2006-09-01 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2006-12-30 Published:2006-12-30
  • Contact: LIU Yuan-an

Abstract:

A summarization of published research achievements about interconnection between wireless sensor networks and transmission control protocol/ Internet protocol(TCP/IP )networks is presented. Two different ways to connect wireless sensor networks with TCP/IP networks: proxy architectures and direct TCP/IP architectures for sensor networks are discussed. Investigation shows that the proxy architectures will provide simple access and high security level, while direct TCP/IP architectures have better extensibilities and robustness. Also, based on full analysis, a hybrid approach combined proxy architectures is proposed together with direct TCP/IP architectures to have their respective advantages.

Key words: wireless sensor network, transmission control protocol/ Internet protocol, proxy, interconnection

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