Apr 23, 2024
MQTT vs CoAP: Comparing Protocols for IoT Connectivity
This blog explores MQTT and CoAP protocols, delineating their characteristics, benefits, drawbacks, and differences in design and usage.
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Category: mqtt-protocol
Mar 20, 2024
8 IoT Protocols and Standards Worth Exploring in 2024
This article will introduce 8 popular IoT protocols, discussing their technical features and advantages, to help you choose the appropriate one for your projects.
Guowei LiMQTT
Dec 20, 2023
MQTT Ports: Common Ports and How to Configure and Secure Them
MQTT ports facilitate the communication between MQTT clients and servers. They are the conduits through which MQTT messages travel.
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Nov 28, 2023
MQTT Request / Response Explained and Example | MQTT 5 Features
This article will delve into how to implement the Request / Response pattern under the asynchronous message delivery framework of MQTT, with the new features of MQTT 5.0.
Zibo ZhouMQTT
Nov 17, 2023
MQTT Will Message (Last Will & Testament) Explained and Example | MQTT 5 Features
Will Message is an important feature in MQTT, which solves the problem that only the server can know whether clients are offline. It allows us to gracefully take follow-up actions for unexpectedly offline clients.
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Nov 14, 2023
MQTT Shared Subscriptions: Practical Guidelines and Use Cases | MQTT 5 Features
Shared subscription is a new feature introduced by MQTT 5.0 protocol, which is equivalent to the load balancing function of subscribers.
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Oct 26, 2023
Introduction to MQTT Clean Start and Session Expiry Interval | MQTT 5 Features
In this article, we will introduce the session mechanism of MQTT protocol, as well as Clean Start and Session Expiry Interval, two connection parameters used to manage the session lifecycle.
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Oct 26, 2023
Introduction to MQTT Payload Format Indicator and Content Type | MQTT 5 Features
In this article, we will focus on the Payload Format Indicator and Content Type properties of MQTT 5.0, exploring how they make the parsing of messages more transparent and efficient.
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Sep 19, 2023
Introduction to MQTT Message Expiry Interval | MQTT 5 Features
The Message Expiry Interval is a new feature introduced in MQTT 5.0, which allows the publisher to set an expiry interval for time-sensitive messages.
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Sep 19, 2023
MQTT 5.0 Packet Explained 06: AUTH
To achieve the Enhanced Authentication, MQTT introduced the AUTH packet to implement any number of authentication data exchanges, to support various types of authentication mechanisms, such as SCRAM, Kerberos authentication, and so on.
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Sep 19, 2023
MQTT 5.0 Packet Explained 05: DISCONNECT
In MQTT, both the client and the server can send a DISCONNECT packet to the other party before disconnecting the network connection, indicating the reason for the connection closure.
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Sep 19, 2023
MQTT 5.0 Packet Explained 04: PINGREQ & PINGRESP
MQTT has a type of packet used to simulate heartbeats between the client and server to maintain the connection. They are PINGREQ and PINGRESP packets, which we often call heartbeat packets.
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