An Evolutionary Way to Standardize the Internet of Things

Authors

  • Subin Shen School of Computer, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, China
  • Marco Carugi Study Group 13, International Telecommunication Union, Telecommunication Standardization Section, Geneva, Switzerland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13052/jicts2245-800X.222

Keywords:

architecture reference model, functional entity, interaction, Internet of Things, Next Generation Network, Open System Interconnection, standardization

Abstract

The current situation of technology separation among the different application domains of the Internet of Things (IoT) results in a market separation per application domain. This issue hinders the technical innovation and investments in the IoT business. In order to solve the issue, it is necessary to standardize common technologies of the IoT across the different application domains. This paper argues that a key direction of the future standardization of the IoT, in addition to standardizing specific technologies, is building over a standardized new architecture reference model for the IoT. Based on the analysis of existing key activities concerning the standardization of OSI, NGN and IoT from a functional architecture perspective, it suggests that the IoT standardization work be progressed in an evolutionary way in order to enable the integration of existing technologies, and focus on the interactions among functional entities or deployable components of the IoT to impose minimum constraints on future technical innovations. Topics discussed in the paper include characteristic capabilities of the IoT, ways of integrating the cloud computing technologies in the IoT perspective, and challenges faced by the IoT standardization work.

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Author Biographies

Subin Shen, School of Computer, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, China

Subin SHEN received the bachelor's, master's and PhD degrees in computer science and engineering from the Southeast University (SEU), Nanjing, China. He is a professor in the School of Computer and the School of Software at the Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT), China. His research interests include computer networks, telecommunication networks, the Internet of Things, cloud computing, big data, and future networks. He is one of editors of Recommendation Y.2066 “Common requirements of Internet of Things”, Draft Recommendation “IoT functional framework and capabilities”, and Draft Recommendation “IoT application support models” of International Telecommunication Union, Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T). He is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), China Computer Federation (CCF), and China Institute of Communications (CIC).

Marco Carugi, Study Group 13, International Telecommunication Union, Telecommunication Standardization Section, Geneva, Switzerland

Marco Carugi Rapporteur for Question 2 of Study Group 13, International Telecommunication Union, Telecommunication Standardization Section, Geneva, Switzerland

Marco Carugi is currently Independent Consultant on advanced telecommunication technologies and associated standardization. During his professional career, he has worked as Telecommunication Engineer in the Solvay group, as Research Engineer in Orange Labs, as Senior Advisor in the Nortel Networks CTO division and as Senior Expert in the Technology Strategy department of ZTE R&D.

He is active in standardization since 1997, leading the development of numerous standards specifications and holding numerous leadership positions, including ITU-T SG13 vice-chair, Rapporteur for ITU-T Questions and ad-hoc groups, OIF Board member, IETF Provider Provisioned VPN working group co-chair. Currently, he is Rapporteur for Question 2 - “Requirements for NGN evolution and its capabilities including support of IoT and SDN” - inside ITU-T SG13 (Future networks), acts as SG13 Mentor and leads the development of technical specifications on requirements, capabilities and services for IoT/M2M in the ITU-T Internet of Things Global Standards Initiative. Future Networks, SDP, SDN and Cloud Computing are other technical areas in which he is involved at present.

Marco holds an Electronic Engineering degree in Telecommunications from the University of Pisa in Italy, a M.S. in Engineering and Management of Telecommunication Networks from the National Institute of Telecommunications (INT) in France and a Master in International Business Development from the ESSEC Business School in Paris.

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Published

2014-12-11

How to Cite

Shen, S. ., & Carugi, M. . (2014). An Evolutionary Way to Standardize the Internet of Things. Journal of ICT Standardization, 2(2), 87–108. https://doi.org/10.13052/jicts2245-800X.222

Issue

2014: Vol 2 Iss 2

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Articles