Using CoAP with AirVantage
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This page explains how to use CoAP to send data to be processed by AirVantage:
CoAP Overview
Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) is a software protocol used to let simple devices communicate interactively over the Internet, and is compatible with constrained networks (low-power, lossy…). It is aimed at small low power sensors, switches, valves and similar components that need to be controlled or supervised remotely, via the Internet.
- The CoAP protocol is based on UDP
CoAP provides mechanisms (retransmission, block transfer…) which are not provided by the transport layer (UDP)
It’s a RESTful protocol designed for IoT
- This protocol handles URIs and Internet Media Types
- Uses GET, POST, PUT, DELETE verbs to act on the device
- There is a transparent mapping to HTTP
It’s a binary protocol
- Low parsing complexity
- Small message size
Options: Binary HTTP-like headers
