Scalability and Integration of a Thread Implementation in a Home area Network

Abstract

The Internet of Things is rapidly becoming reality. Currently, a variety of technologies co-exist in large-scale deployments yet pervasive connectivity between things is still an open issue. Several IP capable protocol stacks are emerging to address these issues; however, no systematic evaluations regarding integration and scalability exists in the literature. This work looks to analyze the performance of one of the latest protocol stacks focusing on home area networks: the Thread stack.