Internet of Things

IE 4030

Uditha Dharmakeerthi
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 MQTT (Message Queuing Telemetry Transport)is a
Client Server publish/subscribe messaging transport
protocol.

It is lightweight, open, simple, and designed to be easy

to implement.

Introducing These characteristics make it ideal for use in many

situations, including constrained environments such
MQTT as for communication in Machine to Machine (M2M)
and Internet of Things (IoT) contexts where a small
code footprint is required and network bandwidth
is at a premium

Reference :official MQTT 3.1.1 specification

 The MQTT protocol was invented in 1999 by Andy
Stanford-Clark (IBM) and Arlen Nipper (Arcom, now
Cirrus Link).

They needed a protocol for minimal battery loss

and minimal bandwidth to connect with oil
pipelines via satellite.
Introducing The two inventors specified several requirements for
MQTT the future protocol:

• Simple implementation
• Quality of Service data delivery
• Lightweight and bandwidth efficient
• Data agnostic
• Continuous
Reference :official MQTT 3.1.1 specification
Introducing
MQTT

Reference :official MQTT 3.1.1 specification

 The pub/sub model removes direct communication between the
publisher of the message and the recipient/subscriber.

The filtering activity of the broker makes it possible to control which

client/subscriber receives which message.

The decoupling has three dimensions:

What is • Space decoupling:

Publisher and subscriber do not need to know each other (for example,
Publish / no exchange of IP address and port).

Subscribe • Time decoupling:

Publisher and subscriber do not need to run at the same time.

Architecture? • Synchronization decoupling:

Operations on both components do not need to be interrupted during
publishing or receiving.

Reference :official MQTT 3.1.1 specification

Introducing
MQTT

Reference :official MQTT 3.1.1 specification

 MQTT
Architecture
in Details
 The MQTT protocol is based on TCP/IP. Both the client and the broker
need to have a TCP/IP stack.

MQTT
Connection

Reference :official MQTT 3.1.1 specification

 o MQTT client is located behind a router that uses network
address translation (NAT) to translate from a private network
address (like 192.168.x.x, 10.0.x.x) to a public facing address

MQTT o The MQTT client initiates the connection by sending a CONNECT

message to the broker. As the broker has a public address and

connection keeps the connection open to allow bidirectional sending and

receiving of messages (after the initial CONNECT), there is no
problem at all with clients that are located behind a NAT
through a NAT

Reference :official MQTT 3.1.1 specification

 Publish
o An MQTT client can publish messages as soon as it connects to a broker.

MQTT utilizes topic-based filtering of the messages on the broker. Each

message must contain a topic that the broker can use to forward the
message to interested clients. Typically, each message has a payload which
contains the data to transmit in byte format.

MQTT Publish, The broker reads the message, acknowledges the message (according to the
QoS Level), and processes the message.

Subscribe &
Unsubscribe

Reference :official MQTT 3.1.1 specification

 QoS: This number indicates the Quality of Service Level (QoS) of the
MQTT Publish message.
There are three levels:

0,1, and 2. The service level determines what kind of guarantee a

message has for reaching the intended recipient (client or broker).

Retain Flag: This flag defines whether the message is saved by the
broker as the last known good value for a specified topic. When a new
client subscribes to a topic, they receive the last message that is
retained on that topic.

Reference :official MQTT 3.1.1 specification

 Payload: This is the actual content of the message. MQTT is data-
agnostic. It is possible to send images, text in any encoding, encrypted
data, and virtually every data in binary.

Packet Identifier:The packet identifier uniquely identifies a message

as it flows between the client and broker.The packet identifier is only
relevant for QoS levels greater than zero.The client library and/or the
broker is responsible for setting this internal MQTT identifier.

DUP Flag: The flag indicates that the message is a duplicate and was
resent because the intended recipient (client or broker) did not
MQTT Publish acknowledge the original message.

Reference :official MQTT 3.1.1 specification

 Subscribe

Publishing a message doesn’t make sense if no one ever receives it. In

other words, if there are no clients to subscribe to the topics of the
messages.

To receive messages on topics of interest, the client sends a SUBSCRIBE

message to the MQTT broker.

This subscribe message is very simple, it contains a unique packet identifier

MQTT and a list of subscriptions.

MQTT Subscribe Attributes

Subscribe Packet Identifier

The packet identifier uniquely identifies a message as it flows between the

client and broker.The client library and the broker is responsible for setting
this internal MQTT identifier

List of subscriptions
A SUBSCRIBE message can contain multiple subscriptions for a client

Reference :official MQTT 3.1.1 specification

 Suback
To confirm each subscription, the broker sends a SUBACK
acknowledgement message to the client. This message contains the packet
identifier of the original Subscribe message (to clearly identify the message)
and a list of return codes.

Packet Identifier: The packet identifier is a unique identifier used to

identify a message. It is the same as in the SUBSCRIBE message.

Return Code: The broker sends one return code for each topic/QoS-pair
that it receives in the SUBSCRIBE message.
MQTT Suback

Reference :official MQTT 3.1.1 specification

 Unsubscribe
The counterpart of the SUBSCRIBE message is the UNSUBSCRIBE
message. This message deletes existing subscriptions of a client on the
broker.
MQTT Packet Identifier: The packet identifier uniquely identifies a message as it
Unsubscribe flows between the client and broker.The client library and the broker is
responsible for setting this internal MQTT identifier

Reference :official MQTT 3.1.1 specification

 Unsuback

To confirm the unsubscribe, the broker sends an UNSUBACK

acknowledgement message to the client. This message contains only the
packet identifier of the original UNSUBSCRIBE message (to clearly identify
the message).

Packet Identifier: The packet identifier uniquely identifies the message.

As already mentioned,this is the same packet identifier that is in the
MQTT UNSUBSCRIBE message.

Unsuback After receiving the UNSUBACK from the broker, the client can assume
that the subscriptions in the UNSUBSCRIBE message are deleted
 Topics

In MQTT, the word topic refers to an UTF-8 string that the broker
uses to filter messages for each connected client.The topic consists
of one or more topic levels. Each topic level is separated by a forward
slash (topic level separator).

Wildcards
When a client subscribes to a topic, it can subscribe to the exact topic of a
published message or it can use wildcards to subscribe to multiple topics
simultaneously. A wildcard can only be used to subscribe to topics, not to
MQTT Topics publish message. There are two different kinds of wildcards: single-level and
multi-level.
 Wilidcard

Single Level: +
As the name suggests, a single-level wildcard replaces one topic level. The
plus symbol represents a single-level wildcard in a topic.

Any topic matches a topic with single-level wildcard if it contains an

arbitrary string instead of the wildcard.

For example a subscription to

MQTT Topics myhome/groundfloor/+/temperature can produce the following

results:
Wildcards
 MQTT
Example
 MQTT
Example
 Generally, there are two types of brokers:

1. Managed Brokers
2. Self-Hosted Brokers

Managed Brokers

Managed brokers don’t require you to set up anything on your

Types of server to enable MQTT communication. Managed broker
services let you use their hosted brokers for your system. AWS

MQTT IoT Core is a good example of a managed MQTT Broker.

Self-Hosted Brokers
Brokers? As the name implies, self-hosted MQTT brokers require you to
install the broker on your own VPS or server with a static IP. The
installation process is not difficult but managing, securing, and
scaling the brokers requires in-depth knowledge of the system.

There are several open-source implementations of MQTT

brokers including mosquitto and hivemq.
 There are plenty of viable managed and self-hosted MQTT brokers
available. Here is an overview of some of the most popular options.

Address and WebSocket

Type SSL Support Scalability
Port Support

Dynamically
AWS IoT Core MQTT Managed Yes, port=443 Yes, port=8883 Auto Scale
assigned

Scale

List of Popular
Self-hosted and test.mosquitto.o Yes, Yes,
Mosquitto horizontally
Managed rg port=8081,8080 port=8883,8884
making bridges

Self-hosted and Horizontally and

MQTT Brokers Mosca/Aedes

HiveMQ
Managed

Self-hosted and
test.mosca.io

broker.hivemq.c
Yes, port=3000

Yes,
Yes, port=8883

Yes, port=8883
vertically

Yes, Broker-
Managed om port=8000,443 Clustering

Self-hosted and Yes, Both horizontal

VerneMQ self-assigned Yes, port=8883
Managed port=9001,9002 and vertical

Dynamically
Azure IoT Hub Managed Yes, port=443 Yes, port=8883 Auto Scale
assigned

Yes, port=8083,
EMQ X Self-hosted Self-assigned Yes, port=8883 Clustering
8084

Self-assigned
Self-hosted and
ejabberd and dynamically Yes Yes Clustering
managed
allocated
 QoS or Quality of Service is a predefined agreement between publisher
and subscriber of a topic.

QoS is used in MQTT to set the message delivery guarantee levels. There
are 3 QoS levels in MQTT:

1.QoS 0 (At most once)

2.QoS 1 (At least once)

MQTT QoS 3.QoS 2 (Exactly once)

 1. QoS 0 - At most Once

MQTT QoS 2. QoS 1 - At least once

The QoS1 level requires the broker to guarantee that the message is sent at least one time to
the client using an acknowledgment packet named PUBACK.
 3. QoS 0 – Exactly once

MQTT QoS

The QoS 2 level guarantees that the broker will send the published message
only once. It uses multilevel acknowledgment as shown in the figure above.
PUBREC is the first acknowledgment from the broker, PUBREL is the
acknowledgment from the publishing client that PUBREC is received while
PUBCOMP is the second and final acknowledgment from the broker.
 MQTT
Applications
 MQTT
Applications
 M QT T COA P AMQP HTTP
Year 1999 2010 2003 1997
Architecture Client/Broker Client/Server Client/Server Client/Server
Client/Broker Client/Broker
Model Publish/Subscribe Publish/Subscribe Publish/Subscribe Request/Response
Request/Response Request/Response
Header Size 2 Byte 4 Byte 8 Byte Undefined
Message Size Small and Small & Undefined Negotiable & Large & Undefined
Undefined Undefined
QoS QoS 0 - At most once(Fire- Confirmable Message(similar to Settle Format (similar to At Limited (via Transport
and-Forget) At most once) or most once) or Protocol - TCP)
QoS 1 - At least once Non-confirmable Message Unsettle Format (similar to At
QoS 2 - Exactly once (similar to At least once) least once)

Standards OASIS, Eclipse IETF, Eclipse OASIS, ISO/IEC IETF and W3C
Foundation Foundation
Transport TCP UDP, SCTP TCP, SCTP TCP
Protocol
Security TLS/SSL DTLS, IPSec TLS/SSL, IPSec, SASL TLS/SSL
Default Port 1883/ 8883 5683 (UDP Port)/ 5672/567 80/ 443 (TLS/SSL)
(TLS/SSL) 5684(DLTS) 1
(TLS/SSL)
Licensing Open Source Open Source Open Source Free
Model
 HTTP

Higher
AMQP

Message Size
Massage Size MQTT

Vs CoAP

Massage Lower
Lower Message Overhead Higher
Overhead
 HTTP

Higher
AMQP

Power Consumption
Power MQTT
Consumption
CoAP
Vs
Resource Lower
Lower Resource Requirements Higher
Requirement
 HTTP

Higher
AMQP

BANDWIDTH
MQTT
Bandwidth
Vs Lower
CoAP

Latancy Lower LATENC Y Higher

 MQTT

Higher
AMQP

Lower Reliability/QoS
CoAP

Reliability/QoS
HTTP
Vs
Introperability Lower Interoperability Higher
Q&A
 MQTT is the standard protocol for messaging and data
exchange for the Internet of Things. The protocol uses a
publish/subscribe architecture. The technology provides a
scalable and cost-effective way to connect devices over the
Internet. It is able to deliver data over the Internet in near real-
time and with guarantees of delivery. MQTT is designed for IoT
devices-lightweight, which enables low-cost device
communication.

What is MQTT
in IoT?
 MQTT is used by many major companies, especially in the
automotive, industry 4.0, transport, and entertainment sectors.

Who uses MQTT is used for data exchange between constrained devices
MQTT? and server applications. It keeps bandwidth requirements to an
absolute minimum, handles unreliable networks, requires little
implementation effort for developers, and is, therefore, ideal for
machine-to-machine (M2M) communication.
 MQTT is the standard protocol for messaging and data exchange for
the Internet of Things.

How does The protocol uses a publish/subscribe architecture. The technology

provides a scalable and cost-effective way to connect devices over the
MQTT work? Internet. It is able to deliver data over the Internet in near real-time
and with guarantees of delivery. MQTT is designed for IoT devices -
lightweight, which enables low-cost device communication.
 An MQTT client is any device (from a microcontroller to a full-fledged
server) that operates an MQTT library and connects to an MQTT
broker over a network. Each MQTT client can be both publisher and/or
What is an subscriber.

MQTT client?
 An MQTT broker is at the heart of any MQTT deployment. Depending

What does an on the implementation, a broker can handle up to millions of

concurrently connected MQTT clients.

MQTT broker The broker is responsible for receiving all messages, filtering the
messages, determining who is interested in each message, and sending
do? the message to these subscribed clients.
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