IPv6 over LPWANs: Connecting Low Power Wide Area Networks to the Internet (of Things)

LPWANs have recently emerged as a promising solution for enabling industrial IoT applications. To fully exploit their potential, LPWANs need to be connected to the Internet. However, the severe capacity constraints of LPWAN technologies challenge IPv6 support, and even 6LoWPAN-based adaptations are not sufficient. In this paper, we present Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation (SCHC), an ultralightweight IPv6 adaptation layer designed for LPWANs, which is being standardized by the IETF.