Exploring the Suitability of QUIC for the Internet of Things

QUIC is an emerging transport-layer protocol that provides reliability and security. QUIC was designed to overcome issues from other protocol stacks used in the Internet, such as TCP/TLS, especially focusing on web traffic performance improvement. Therefore, QUIC was not conceived for Internet of Things (IoT) scenarios, which are characterized by significant resource constraints. However, as QUIC prominance increases, and the IoT continues to expand, QUIC may offer connectivity opportunities for IoT devices. In this paper, we explore the suitability of QUIC for IoT environments. Leveraging optional functionality, we propose, discuss, and evaluate a QUIC profile for IoT scenarios that is currently being considered for IETF standardization.