Python-Based TinyIPFIX in Wireless Sensor Networks

While Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) offer potentials, their limited programmability and energy limitations determine operational challenges. Thus, a TinyIPFIX-based system was designed, such that this application layer protocol is now used to exchange data in WSNs efficiently. The system implementation in MicroPython is simple and efficient in comparison to a lower-level programming language, while displaying valuable properties in terms of overhead and power efficiency. Furthermore, it demonstrates that MicroPython may pave the way towards Network Function Virtualization (NFV) on Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices by providing highly portable software functions implemented in a high-level programming language