MQTT

MQTT is a publish/subscribe messaging transport protocol for M2M communications. It runs over TCP or TLS and is supported by many IoT platforms.

MQTT in Contiki-NG

Contiki-NG features a client implementation of MQTT version 3.1. The implementation supports MQTT QoS levels 0 and 1 and allows a Contiki-NG MQTT client to subscribe with and publish to an MQTT broker.

The MQTT engine is implemented in os/net/app-layer/mqtt/mqtt.[ch]. The implementation does not currently offer any configuration options.

The MQTT client engine has been tested against the Mosquitto MQTT broker, as well as against IBM’s Quickstart / Watson IoT Platform.

Visit tutorial:mqtt for an example on how to use the MQTT client on your device.

Limitations

  • The implementation does not support MQTT QoS 2.

  • The implementation does not support reception of publish messages with QoS 1.

  • The implementation does not support MQTT over TLS.