Using the OpenFlow controller with 6lowpan

[Jorge Magno]

Hello,

I was looking at the 6Lowpan usage examples (both in the book and in the "examples" folder) and saw that the OpenFlow controller is not used. So my question is, can I add a controller that centralizes information in a sensor network using 6Lowpan? If so, should I connect the sensors (created by "net.addSensor") to a switch or AP?

[Ramon Fontes]

> I was looking at the 6Lowpan usage examples (both in the book and in the "examples" folder) and saw that the OpenFlow controller is not used. 

Depending on the use case, I would not recommend using OpenFlow. For this case, I don't recommend OpenFlow.

> So my question is, can I add a controller that centralizes information in a sensor network using 6Lowpan? 

For which purposes? You may want to re(use) the RPL concept for a variety of use cases (e.g. https://github.com/linux-wpan/rpld).

> If so, should I connect the sensors (created by "net.addSensor") to a switch or AP?

Yes, you can use addAPSensor (e.g. https://gist.github.com/ramonfontes/d35b493706ac639972316c4a41923e32)

[Jorge Magno]

Thank you, the answer was very helpful.

Answering about the purposes, I want to create an IoT network that can use OpenFlow and the controller can observe the network information to identify possible attacks. For now I'm just building the test scenario.