IPAM for the Internet of Things

Abstract

Internet of Things (IoT) technologies enable organizations to extend their “eyes and ears” to on‐premises or remote locations for monitoring, data collection, and controls. Performance of these functions necessitates appropriate IPAM configuration. IoT devices by definition require Internet Protocol accessibility. Devices sharing such characteristics are denoted “constrained” and the Internet community along with the IEEE have developed a set of protocols to enable full Internet protocol stack connectivity to such devices. The IETF’s “IPv6 over low‐power wireless personal area networks” (6LoWPANs) working group has produced several RFCs specifying Internet communications over lossy and low power wireless networks, specifically those traversing the IEEE 802.15.4 data link (specifically MAC) and physical layers though support for other wireless technologies has also been specified since. 6LoWPAN header compression algorithms rely on compressing an IPv6 address based on IPv6 prefixes registered with the 6LoWPAN via the border router.