IoTorii: Beating RPL with simpler routing

RPL is the de-facto IPv6-based routing protocol for the Internet of Things (IoT), where networks are mainly formed by sensors and other low capacity devices. However, RPL lacks scalability and is inefficient in any-to-any communications. In this letter, we present IoTorii, a layer-two hierarchical protocol that creates routes based on a probe frame, instead of the computation of a distance vector protocol, as in RPL. We simulated a proof-of-concept of IoTorii and compared it with RPL, proving lower number of table entries and convergence time, with similar sent messages, which seems particularly promising in the IoT field.