Atmel AVR2070 - Manual

AVR2070: Route Under MAC (RUM) with IPv6
and 6LoWPAN
Features
• A FREE 802.15.4 networking solution
- Multi-hop Route Under MAC (RUM)
- All Atmel IEEE 802.15.4
TM transceivers supported
- Many AVR ® microcontrollers supported
• Completely Customizable Firmware
- Ready to use as the basis for a wireless product
- Standalone MAC data layer for small memory footprint
- Optional IPv6/6LoWPAN Interface layer provides worldwide wireless
connectivity over the IPv6 internet
1 Introduction
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) have become a low power, low cost means for
communicating data between sensor devices dispersed over an area. Many of
these applications call for small embedded wireless networking solutions to
substantially reduce the cost of all required components. Atmel
®
’s Route Under
MAC (RUM) with support for IPv6 and 6LoWPAN is a highly flexible stack solution
for these low cost applications. Providing Internet Protocol (IP) over low power, low
data rate wireless transceivers enables immediate interoperability with existing
wired networks. With an IPv6 foundation, each wireless node on the network can
be given a worldwide unique IPv6 address and directly communicate with any other
IPv6 device in the world without the need for any translation or a complex gateway.
Free to Atmel customers, the Atmel RUM/6LoWPAN networking stack proves to be
a ready and cost-effective solution for Wireless Sensor Networks.
MCU Wireless
Solutions
Application Note
Rev. 8240B-AVR-06/09