Do Wireless Sensor Networks need to be
completely integrated within the Internet?
Rodrigo Roman, Javier Lopez, Cristina Alcaraz
Universidad de Málaga
Spain
Real World
Virtual World
SENSE
…Sensor Nodes!...
Thinking!
Feeling!
Speaking!
…Sensor Networks!...
Easy to deploy
Run unattended
Not Expensive*
Connecting WSN
↔ Internet
LAN
REMOTE
Remote Access?
Sensor Networks* and the Internet
Connecting WSN
↔ Internet
LAN
REMOTE
IPv6
Connecting WSN
↔ Internet
LAN
REMOTE
IPv6
6LoWPAN
TCP/IP
TCP/IP Solution
InternetTHE QUESTION
“But the goal is to learn how to do creative work, and to challenge
everything [...] people have to be trained for creativity and
disobedience” – Noam Chomsky
Do
ALL Wireless Sensor Networks need to be
ALL
Integration Strategies
Stack-Based Approaches
TCP/IP WSN-SpecificFront-End Solution
Internet WSN TCP/IP WSN-SpecificGateway Solution
Internet (Tunneled)TCP/IP
TCP/IP Solution
InternetSensor Networks* and the Integration Strategies
Integration Strategies – Security Factors
LAN
REMOTE
User Auth
2
Secure Communication
Resilience
HW Capabilities
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Integration Strategies – Security
TCP/IP WSN-SpecificFront-End Solution
Internet WSN TCP/IP WSN-SpecificGateway Solution
Internet (Tunneled)TCP/IP
TCP/IP Solution
InternetUser Auth
2
Integration Strategies – Security
TCP/IP WSN-SpecificFront-End Solution
Internet WSN TCP/IP WSN-SpecificGateway Solution
Internet (Tunneled)TCP/IP
TCP/IP Solution
InternetSecure Communication
Integration Strategies – Security
TCP/IP WSN-SpecificFront-End Solution
Internet WSN TCP/IP WSN-SpecificGateway Solution
Internet (Tunneled)TCP/IP
TCP/IP Solution
InternetResilience
Integration Strategies – Security
TCP/IP WSN-SpecificFront-End Solution
Internet WSN TCP/IP WSN-SpecificGateway Solution
Internet (Tunneled)TCP/IP
TCP/IP Solution
InternetHW Capabilities
Integration Strategies – Mastering Security
TCP/IP
TCP/IP Solution
Internet
Efficient Auth
2
Secure Protocols
Protection
Integration Strategies – Mastering …
Efficient Auth
2
Secure Protocols
Protection
Enough HW
TCP/IP
TCP/IP Solution
Integration Strategies – Application Factors
LAN
REMOTE
Network Redundancy
Inteligence
Protocol Optimization
Integration Strategies – Application
Network Redundancy
I want…
One day
ago…
Integration Strategies – Application
Intelligence
1001……001
Do I know what is
the human body?
Do I know what is
the Internet?
Integration Strategies – Application
Protocol Optimization
Quality of
Service
Self
-Healing
Integration Strategies for SCADA/Industrial Systems
TCP/IP ISA - WHART
Front-End Solution
DNP3, Modbus ISA, WHART
TCP/IP ISA - WHART