BLEach: Exploiting the Full Potential of IPv6 over BLE in Constrained Embedded IoT Devices

@article{Sprk2017BLEachET,
  title={BLEach: Exploiting the Full Potential of IPv6 over BLE in Constrained Embedded IoT Devices},
  author={Michael Sp{\"o}rk and Carlo Alberto Boano and Marco Zimmerling and Kay R{\"o}mer},
  journal={Proceedings of the 15th ACM Conference on Embedded Network Sensor Systems},
  year={2017}
}
  • Michael SpörkC. Boano K. Römer
  • Published 6 November 2017
  • Computer Science
  • Proceedings of the 15th ACM Conference on Embedded Network Sensor Systems
The ability to fine-tune communication performance is key to meeting the requirements of Internet of Things applications. While years of low-power wireless research now allows developers to fully optimize the performance of applications built on top of IEEE 802.15.4, this has not yet happened with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), whose networking performance is still largely unexplored and whose potential is not yet fully exploited. Indeed, BLE radios are often treated as a black box, because they… 
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