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Nucleus Networking by Mentor Embedded

Communication Protocol

Product Description

Nucleus Networking components of Mentor's Nucleus OS incorporate a wide range of networking and communication protocols, drivers, and utilities to ensure maximum throughput with low-resource usage on many popular ARM devices

Nucleus RTOS supports a number of ARM devices and offers comprehensive support for IP-based networking which includes:

  • More than 50 standard protocols implemented out of the box
  • Full IPv4 and IPv6 support
  • A familiar BSD-like sockets interface
  • Throughput optimization
  • Exhaustive validation against industry benchmarks and standards
  • Support for multiple devices including modem, Gigabit Ethernet, and wireless

Features

  • IPv4 and IPv6
  • TCP/UDP
  • SNTP Client
  • DHCP Client
  • Web-Based Services
    • HTTP Client/Server, FTP Client/Server, TFTP Client/Server, SMTP Client/Server, POP3 Client
  • Wireless and Secure Wireless
    • 802.11, WEP, 802.11i, 802.1X Supplicant
  • Residential Gateway
    • DHCP Server, DHCP Relay Agent, Network Address Translation (NAT)
  • Network Management
    • SNMP v1 v2 v3, RMON, Secure Web Services, SSL 2.0 & 3.0, TLS 1.0, Secure FTP, Secure Telnet
  • VPN
    • IPSec & IKEv2, PPTP, L2TP

Benefits

  • Rapidly Enable Devices for Internet Connectivity
    • With out-of-box support for more than 50 IP-based protocols and a wide range of interface types – together with a familiar BSD-like API – Nucleus makes it easy to Internet-enable your products.
  • Future Proof Your Devices
    • With a fully certified IPv6 stack, Nucleus RTOS ensures that your Internet-enabled products work long into the future.
  • Highly Optimized for Best Possible Performance
    • Through the use of innovative techniques such as zero copy buffers and jumbo packets, Nucleus Networking services offer multiple ways to optimize your system for fast throughput.
  • Exhaustive Validation Ensures the Quality of Your End-Products
    • Nucleus Networking components are validated against internally and externally developed criteria including ANVL and TAHI testing suites.
  • Built-In Hardware Abstraction for Easy Porting
    • To ease porting, hardware-specific information for drivers is abstracted to a simple, easy-to-modify module.
  • Comprehensive Security Services
    • Private and public key encryption, advanced hashing algorithms, and signature verification services – powered by hardware acceleration where available – add up to provide everything you need to keep your data protected.

Nucleus Networking

Market Segment(s)

  • Embedded
  • Enterprise
  • Home
  • Mobile
  • Mobile Computing

Target Platform(s)

  • Nucleus

ARM Processor(s)

  • ARM7EJ-S
  • ARM7TDMI
  • ARM7TDMI-S
  • ARM720T
  • ARM920T
  • ARM922T
  • ARM926EJ-S
  • ARM940T
  • ARM946E-S
  • ARM966E-S
  • ARM968E-S
  • VFP9-S
  • ARM1020E
  • ARM1022E
  • ARM1026EJ-S
  • VFP10
  • ARM1136J-S
  • ARM1136JF-S
  • ARM1156T2(F)-S
  • ARM1176JZ(F)-S
  • ARM11 MPCore
  • Cortex-A15
  • Cortex-A5
  • Cortex-A53
  • Cortex-A57
  • Cortex-A8
  • Cortex-A9
  • Cortex-M0
  • Cortex-M1
  • Cortex-M3
  • Cortex-M4
  • Cortex-R4
  • Cortex-R5
  • Cortex-R7
  • SC000
  • SC100
  • SC200
  • SC300
  • ARMv4
  • ARMv5
  • ARMv6
  • ARMv7
  • ARMv8
  • StrongARM
  • XScale
  • Mali55
  • Mali-200+GP2
  • Mali-400
  • Mali-T604
  • Other
 
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