Rafael de Jesus Martins, Vinicius Garcez Schaurich, Luis Knob, Juliano Araujo Wickboldt, Alberto Schaeffer-Filho, Lisandro Zambenedetti Granville, and Marcelo Pias, “Performance Analysis of 6LoWPAN and CoAP for Secure Communications in Smart Homes”, 30th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA 2016), March 23-25, 2016, Crans-Montana, Switzerland, pp. 1027-1034.
Abstract:Smart grids and smart homes improve energy management by coupling communication capabilities to their devices. Due to computational constraints of these devices, employment of simplified communication protocols is necessary. In this paper, we investigate the use of communication protocols based on CoAP and 6LoWPAN in smart home environments. Specifically, we analyze the vulnerabilities a smart home employing CoAP and 6LoWPAN may be susceptible to. We also present a performance analysis of the use of these protocols for ensuring secure communications in smart homes.