Design and implementation of 6LoWPAN border router

Abstract

Accessing end devices (nodes) in the Internet of things (IoT) with a uniquie IP address is possible with the evolution IPv6 and 6LoWPAN. 6LoWPAN stands for IPv6 over a Low Power WPAN, which is a open stack developed by IETF to provides communication between LoWPAN devices and the internet. 6LoWPAN Border Router (6LBR) is gateway between nodes and internet, which connects 6LoWPAN devices to the Internet and is also responsible for handling traffic between IPv6 and IEEE 802.15.4 interfaces. There are many solutions to implement 6LoWPAN Networks, but very few are open standards which can be implemented on development boards like Raspberry Pi, Beagle bones etc. In this paper CETIC-6LBR is chosen, which is open source, Contiki based, and well supported by popular repositories. This Paper aims at design and implementation of 6LoWPAN border router with an embedded Webserver on Beagle Bone Black (BBB) and implement bridge between 6LoWPAN devices to the internet (IPv4 as well as IPv6).