Constellation, le dépôt institutionnel de l'Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

Résumé

In this paper, we introduce a new communication protocol for machine to machine communication within the Internet of Things (IoT) based on physical distances rather than on addresses. A common challenge with the IoT is to filter the quantity of data that can be collected, especially in centralized solutions. By using distance from the emission point instead of addresses to move messages between objects, this protocol forces the use of decentralized algorithms. It also tackles the problem of the quantity of data by giving each data a time to live, after which messages are deleted by the protocol. The idea is that an object that sends a message should decide who can access it and for how long the data is relevant. We specify the conditions under which such a protocol can be useful and further provide some examples of application that could gain from using this protocol.