ABSTRACT
The concept of the Internet of Things (IoT) is gaining momentum in the real world with the advancement in the number of mobile devices being used today and the need to automate their working. IoT is capable of connecting billions of devices and networks for developing numerous everyday applications in order to decrease manual intervention to carry out the respective processes. We hereby study the underlying technology and the various standards and protocols emerging to provide end-to-end internet connectivity between resource constrained devices. Out of these, the RPL-routing protocol for low power and lossy networks provides a flexible and easily deployable protocol in various IoT applications. We look into the details of the working of this protocol and then study its application in monitoring and controlling a greenhouse environment system to automate the control of climate, light, humidity, and other similar conditions inside the greenhouse. Such an arrangement leads to maximum plant growth under minimal supervision and time constraints.
