The Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) is a lightweight application layer protocol specifically developed to meet the stringent requirements of Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Its design ...

The purpose of the network layer is to help route messages between different local networks. Central to this layer is the concept of exclusive network addresses, where every terminal connected to the ...

Not all connected devices are made equal. While some are more powerful and technologically advanced, others are simple sensors and home automation devices with limited energy, memory, computational ...

Linking all kinds of different sensors and devices together is the overarching goal of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies. But the Internet Protocols (IP) required ...

There’s an often-impenetrable alphabet soup of protocols, standards and technologies around the Internet of Things. Here’s our attempt to wipe away some of the fog, in the hopes of making the language ...

Many IT people, who are unfamiliar with IPv6, believe the responsibility for IPv6 deployment falls on the network-teams. However, those who are knowledgeable about IPv6 realize the migration to IPv6 ...

Update: We're in the last throes of winter break 2019, which means most Ars' home office phones can stay dormant for a few more days. As such, we've been resurfacing a few classics from the ...

It’s an important time for connectivity with artificial intelligence. You might say that 2024 was the year of finding out about AI’s agentic capabilities. Although you might argue that most execution ...