Design and Implementation of RPL in Internet of Things

Abstract

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a fast growing technology. In IoT, the devices are connected through the Internet and controlled from any remote areas. Before the advent of IoT, the interaction between the users was only through the internet. By 2020 there will be 75.4 billion devices interconnected through the internet. Machine-to-machine (M2M) interaction is achieved by sending and receiving the information, such as room temperature, humidity etc. IoT can be viewed as heterogeneous networks that bring some security challenges like network privacy problems, confidentiality, integrity and availability. In IoT, we have Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy networks (RPL). RPL is a light weight protocol which has good routing functionality, context aware and supports dynamic topology but has only basic security functionality. This paper elaborates on Routing Protocol for Low Power and Lossy networks (RPL) and its implementation. Along with that, we have surveyed on different RPL attacks in network layer based on confidentiality, integrity and availability. We further conclude with research challenges and future work needed to be done in order to have secure RPL for Internet of Things (IoT).