Everything about Contiki

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: ContikiA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Contiki IEEE 802.15.4 MAC Layer Protocols: Implementation and Evaluation of Node’s Throughput and Power ConsumptionInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: Only Two Seats Left The Incredible Contiki StoryThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: The Contiki-NG open source operating system for next generation IoT devicesCited 177 times
5. Go sideways: Adam DunkelsA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: RIOT (operating system)A closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• The Contiki-NG open source operating system for next generation IoT devices

  George Oikonomou, Simon Duquennoy, Atis Elsts · 2022 · SoftwareX · 177 citations

• A survey on routing protocols supported by the Contiki Internet of things operating system

  Yousaf Bin Zikria, Muhammad Khalil Afzal, Farruh Ishmanov · 2018 · Future Generation Computer Systems · 106 citations

• Energy‐efficient fog computing in Internet of Things based on Routing Protocol for Low‐Power and Lossy Network with Contiki

  Arun Kumar, Sharad Sharma, Nitin Goyal · 2021 · International Journal of Communication Systems · 52 citations

• Implementation and performance evaluation of IEEE 802.15.4 unslotted CSMA/CA protocol on Contiki OS

  Hamadoun Tall, Gerard Chalhoub, Michel Misson · 2016 · Annals of Telecommunications · 21 citations

• Contiki-Based IEEE 802.15.4 Channel Capacity Estimation and Suitability of Its CSMA-CA MAC Layer Protocol for Real-Time Multimedia Applications

  Muhammad Omer Farooq, Thomas Kunz · 2015 · Mobile Information Systems · 15 citations

• Evaluation and implementation of cluster head selection in WSN using Contiki/Cooja simulator

  Sharad, Er. Navpreet Kaur, Inderdeep Kaur Aulakh · 2020 · Journal of Statistics and Management Systems · 13 citations

• Implementation of survivability aware protocols in WSN for IoT applications using Contiki-OS and hardware testbed evaluation

  Manu Elappila, Suchismita Chinara · 2024 · Microprocessors and Microsystems · 12 citations

• Performance Evaluation and Analysis of LightCert4IoT Using Cooja-Contiki Simulator

  David Khoury, Samir Haddad, Patrick Sondi · 2024 · IEEE Access · 12 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Contiki IEEE 802.15.4 MAC Layer Protocols: Implementation and Evaluation of Node’s Throughput and Power Consumption

  Mohammed Abdulkarem, Khairulmizam Samsudin, Mohd Fadlee A. Rasid · 2022 · Wireless Personal Communications · 8 citations

• Performance analysis of RPL protocol in different nodes positioning using Contiki Cooja

  Vaibhav Ajayy, Virender Ranga · 2024 · International Journal of Information Technology · 7 citations

• Implementing and evaluating a new Silent Rank Attack in RPL-Contiki based IoT networks

  Mehdi Rouissat, Mohammed Belkheir, Hichem S. A. Belkhira · 2023 · Journal of Electrical Engineering · 7 citations

• Case Studies with the Contiki-NG Simulator to Design Strategies for Sensors’ Communication Optimization in an IoT-Fog Ecosystem

  Antonio Marcos Almeida Ferreira, Leonildo José de Melo de Azevedo, Júlio Cezar Estrella · 2023 · Sensors · 5 citations

• Quantifying data volatility for IoT forensics with examples from Contiki OS

  Jens-Petter Sandvik, Katrin Franke, Habtamu Abie · 2022 · Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation · 4 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• Only Two Seats Left The Incredible Contiki StoryJohn Anderson · 2009
• 📕Contiki Tour & Travel · 2019
• 📕My 100 Day World Trip with ContikiSarah Lifen Chen · 2011
• Practical Contiki-NG: Programming for Wireless Sensor NetworksAgus Kurniawan · 2018
• 📕Calm Before the StormHugh Waldock · 2013
• Consumer Behaviour and PRDr. Breda McCarthy · 2016

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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