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CoAP

Constrained Application Protocol, standardized by the IETF in RFC 7252. It provides a web-like request/response model over UDP for constrained devices and networks and supports observation of resources.

CoAP

Constrained Application Protocol, standardized by the IETF in RFC 7252. It provides a web-like request/response model over UDP for constrained devices and networks and supports observation of resources.

Smart-city relevance: Useful when HTTP semantics are desirable but device/network overhead must remain small.

Related: UDP; 6LoWPAN

Messaging, MQTT, and Publish/Subscribe Protocols · Source page 25

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