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Isn IP heavy and power-consuming?

April 26, 2017heavy IP power-consuming

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Isn IP heavy and power-consuming?

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The Internet Protocol itself is a very simple framing, and in itself does not consume extra power. Thanks to 6LoWPAN, the core simplicity of IP is made available for use in low-power, low-bandwidth wireless networks. The NanoStack 2.0 6LoWPAN related IP protocols take only ~10 kB of ROM for example. Entire wireless sensor firmwares are possible using NanoStack 2.0 in under 32 kB of ROM and 4 kB of RAM. NanoStack is designed to run on cheap, low-power SoC radios such as the TI CC2430.