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Stefano Polidori

Study Group Engineer Telecommunication Standardization Bureau International Telecommunication Union

Addressing the

Challenges,

Harnessing the

Opportunities

of

IERC Meeting at FI week, Poznan, 24-28 October 2011

ITU-T Revolutionary video standard

• Emmy award received on behalf of ISO, IEC & ITU on 25 August 2008

• Advanced Video Codec ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10

• H.264 | MPEG-4 AVC recognized by US Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

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Outline

• Introduction to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

• Internet of Things (IoT)

• IoT Challenges

• IoT Coordination JCA-IoT

• IoT Global Standards IoT-GSI

• Conclusion


Introduction to ITU

• Founded in 1865, oldest specialized agency of the UN

• Standards making one of the ITU’s first activities

• 192 Member States, 780 private sector entities

• HQ Geneva, 11 regional offices, 760 staff / 80 nationalities

• Named as one of the world’s ten most enduring institutions by Booz Allen

• Five elected officials: – Secretary-General – Deputy Secretary-General – Director of the Radio Bureau (BR) – Director of the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB) – Director of the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT)

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Plenipotentiary Conference

ITU Council

ITU-T World Telecom Standardization Assembly

ITU-R World/Regional

Radiocomm Conference Radiocomm Assembly

ITU-D World/Regional

Telecom Development

Conference

General Secretariat

TELECOM

ITU Structure


Without ITU-T standards you couldn’t make a telephone call from one side of the world to another.

• E.164 “International public telecommunication numbering plan”

Without ITU-T standards the Internet wouldn’t function.

• G.991.x – G.999.x “Recs on Access Networks”

ITU-T Recommendations connect the world…


• ITU welcomes its Academia Members:

• Learn more at www.itu.int/members

ITU academia Membership

• 192 Member States, 700+ private sector entities

• New: Companies from LDCs can join ITU-T and ITU-R sectors at a reduced fee (LDC Sector Membership: CHF 3,975)

• New: Academia, universities and research labs can join ITU sectors at a reduced fee (Developing Countries: CHF 1,987.50)

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Future Internet Assembly, Aalborg, Denmark 10-11 May 2012

http://www.itu.int/members

ITU and the Internet of Things

• Major ITU report in 2005: The Internet of Things – Describes the visions

underlying the IoT

– Examines enabling technologies

– Explores the market potential

– Contemplates the challenges and wider implications

– Sets out some of the benefits of IoT for developing countries

www.itu.int/internetofthings


Source: BBC News, 17 November 2005

http://www.itu.int/internetofthings

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4440334.stm

Challenge: Definition 1/2

• ITU Report in 2005: IoT adds a new dimension to the ICT world (“4A Vision”) - from ‘traditional’ anytime, any place connectivity for anyone, the Internet of Things brings connectivity for anything

• 2011: many different, competing definitions, regional approaches

• Common understanding at international level required

• ITU Standardization Sector is harmonizing IoT definitions at a global level


Challenge: Definition 2/2

IoT working definition (as of August 2011) under discussion by the IoT-GSI In a broad perspective, the IoT can be perceived as a vision with technological and societal implications. From the perspective of technical standardization, IoT can be viewed as a global infrastructure for the information society, enabling advanced services by interconnecting (physical and virtual) things based on, existing and evolving, interoperable information and communication technologies. Through the exploitation of identification, data capture, processing and communication capabilities, the IoT makes full use of things to offer services to all kinds of applications, whilst maintaining the required privacy.


Challenge: Numbering and Addressing

• How to address 50 billion objects?

• Different technical solutions proposed: – Electronic Product

Codes (RFID tags)

– ‘Traditional’ Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI)

– IPv6: address space supports 2128 addresses

• Issues beyond technology: – Standards for numbering and

addressing schemes (ITU-T)

– Harmonization, policies, regulation

– All countries should be involved in the development and benefit from the IoT


ITU-T Study Group 2: Operational aspects of service provision and telecommunications management

SG2 leads worldwide numbering and addressing… (e.g. E.164 The international public telecommunication numbering plan)

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Challenge: Radio Spectrum

• Radio-frequency spectrum: a scarce natural resource, increasingly in demand from a large and growing number of services

• Indispensable for the functioning of the IoT

• Can the RF spectrum handle 50 billion connected devices?*

• ITU-R (Radiocommunication Sector)

• responsible for the global management of the RF spectrum

• WRC-12: World Radiocommunication Conference 23 Jan-17 Feb 2012 Geneva Switzerland


* GSMA estimate for 2025. The World Wireless Research Forum estimates “7 trillion wireless devices serving 7 billion people by 2017”

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Challenge: Work Plan 1/2

• International coordination is essential for the success of IoT Standardization

• A harmonized work-plan for IoT Standardization must be developed in coordination with the concerned SDOs

Items for the work plan include: • Identification and addressing aspects in IoT • IoT functional architecture • IoT and general Service Delivery Platforms (SDP)

capabilities • Requirements and capabilities for IoT use

cases/applications (e.g. ITS, E-Health, Smart Metering, Smart Grids, Mobile Payments, Home Networks/Personal Area Networks automation, Smart City, Connected consumer, etc)

• Requirements and capabilities for energy saving using smart objects / Charging in IoT

• IoT device management • Quality of Service for IoT • Security and privacy in IoT • Device and gateway capabilities • IoT and Cloud / IoT and Peer2Peer/DSN • Conformance and interoperability testing in IoT • IoT Governance


The IoT-GSI is developing a IoT work plan


Challenge: Work Plan 2/2

• The IoT-GSI is working on a new Recommendation: IoT-Overview which aims to cover:

– High level concept (vision) – Business and social drivers, ecosystem and business models – Essential terminology – Scope (applications/services, networks, M2M, devices, security,

enabling technologies, etc.) – Very High Level Requirements – Key features / key areas / key components – High level IoT diagrams – Taxonomies

• Target for approval: 02-2012

Challenge: Security and Privacy

• IoT may also connect transportation, electricity grids and other critical infrastructure

– Security risks and concerns

• Users are concerned about privacy and socio-ethical implications of the use of tracking and geo-location

• ITU has a Global Cybersecurity Agenda – Legal measures

– Technical & procedural measures

– Organizational structures

– Capacity building

– International cooperation


ITU-T Study Group 17 (security) is Lead study group on telecommunication security

Challenges: Global Standards and International Coordination

Increasingly fragmented IoT standardization landscape


The success of the Internet of Things depends strongly on the existence and smooth and effective operation of global standards.

IoT Joint Coordination Activity (JCA-IoT) • Coordinates ITU-T work related to IoT, taking into account the work

done in other SDOs

• Maintains a standards roadmap (list of approved IoT international standards and work in progress)

• Acts as a single point of contact within ITU-T and performs an external coordination role with other relevant recognized SDOs to avoid duplication of work

• Next meeting of the JCA-IoT: 28-29 November 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

• More information at:

• www.itu.int/itu-t/jca/iot

• [email protected]

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ITU’s tool to meet the international coordination challenge: JCA-IoT

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http://www.itu.int/itu-t/jca/iot



mailto:[email protected]

ITU’s tool to meet the Global Standards challenge (1/2)

IoT Global Standards Initiative (IoT-GSI)

• Aims to act as an umbrella for the standardization efforts worldwide

• Provides a visible single location for information on and development of IoT standards

• Harmonizes different approaches to the IoT architecture worldwide.

• Participation from: industry, government entities and SDOs (All invited: ETSI M2M, GSC MSTF, ISO/IEC JTC1, TIA, AICTO, ARIB, ATIS, CCSA, GISFI, IEC, IEEE, IETF, ISO, TTA, TTC, IETF etc.)

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ITU’s tool to meet the Global Standards challenge (2/2)

• Current efforts include:

IoT-terminology (including IoT-definition)

IoT-overview (draft Recommendation; expected Feb-2011)

IoT-work plan (will support the IoT-Roadmap of JCA-IoT)

• 1st meeting (May-2011) vs 2nd meeting (August-2011) increased participation and number of submitted contributions!

• Next meeting of the IoT-GSI: 21-25 November 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

• More information at:

www.itu.int/itu-t/gsi/iot

[email protected]


http://www.itu.int/itu-t/gsi/iot



mailto:[email protected]

IoT standards in ITU-T since 2006

ITU-T SG11

− ITU-T Q.3950, Testing architecture for tagbased identification systems and functions

ITU-T SG13

− ITU-T Y.2213, NGN service requirements and capabilities for network aspects of applications and services using tag-based identification

− ITU-T Y.2016, Functional requirements and architecture of the NGN for applications and services using tag-based identification

− ITU-T Y.2221, Requirements for support of ubiquitous sensor network (USN) applications and services in the NGN environment



ITU-T SG13

− ITU-T Y.USN-Arch, Functional requirements and architecture of NGN for support of ubiquitous sensor network (USN) applications and services

− ITU-T Y.MOC-Reqts, Requirements for support of machine oriented communication (MOC) applications in the NGN environment

− ITU-T Y.SCN, Application of sensor control networks over NGN

− ITU-T Y.2281, Framework of networked vehicle services and apps using NGN



ITU-T SG13

− ITU-T Y.2002, Overview of ubiquitous networking and of its support in NGN

− ITU-T Y.UbiNet-hn, Framework of object-to-object communication for ubiquitous networking

− ITU-T Y.WoT, Framework of Web of Things

− ITU-T Y.EHM-Reqts, Requirements and capabilities for E-health monitoring applications

Recent starts, jointly developed:

− ITU-T Y.IoT-Term, Internet of Things related terminology

− ITU-T Y.IoT-XXX, Overview of Internet of Things



ITU-T SG16 − ITU-T F.771, Service description and requirements for multimedia

information access triggered by tag-based identification − ITU-T H.621, Architecture of a system for multimedia information

access triggered by tag-based identification − ITU-T H.IRP | ISO/IEC 29177, Identifier resolution protocol for

multimedia information access triggered by tag-based identification

− ITU-T H.IDscheme | ISO/IEC 29174-1, Identification scheme for multimedia information access triggered by tag-based identification

− ITU-T H.ID-RA | ISO/IEC 29174-2, Registration procedure for ITU-T H.IDscheme



ITU-T SG16 − ITU-T F.771, Service description and requirements for multimedia

information access triggered by tag-based identification − ITU-T H.621, Architecture of a system for multimedia information

access triggered by tag-based identification − ITU-T H.IRP | ISO/IEC 29177, Identifier resolution protocol for

multimedia information access triggered by tag-based identification

− ITU-T H.IDscheme | ISO/IEC 29174-1, UII scheme and encoding format for Mobile AIDC services – Part 1: Identifier scheme for multimedia information access triggered by tag-based identification

− ITU-T H.ID-RA | ISO/IEC 29174-2, UII scheme and encoding format for Mobile



ITU-T SG16

− ITU-T F.USN-CC, Deployment guidance of USN applications and services for mitigating climate change

− ITU-T F.USN-NRP, Requirements of Network Robot Platform for USN applications and services

− ITU-T F.USN-SM, Requirements and capabilities of ubiquitous sensor networks for smart metering applications and services

− ITU-T H.SNMF, SNMP-based sensor network management framework


Internet of Things (IoT)

• USN (Ubiquitous Sensor networks)

• SUN (Smart Ubiquitous Networks)

• WoT (Web of Things)

• MOC (Machine Oriented Communication) M2M

• NID (network aspects of identification systems; tag based identification)

RFID


Challenge: attracting the Verticals


[2 Internet of Things Strategic Research Roadmap (Dr. Ovidiu Vermesan1, Dr. Peter Friess2, Patrick Guillemin3, Sergio Gusmeroli4, Harald Sundmaeker5, Dr. Alessandro Bassi6, Ignacio Soler Jubert7, Dr. Margaretha Mazura8, Dr. Mark Harrison9, Dr. Markus Eisenhauer10, Dr. Pat Doody11 - http://www.internet-of-things-research.eu/pdf/IoT_Cluster_Strategic_Research_Agenda_2011.pdf]

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ITU has 44 FORMAL PARTNERSHIPS • World Standards Cooperation

ISO – IEC - ITU – Patent policy & Joint events

• ITU-T and IEEE – MoU & Joint events

• Global Standards Collaboration – Supports ITU as preeminent global ICT

standards organization.

• Management meetings with: – ETSI – IETF – ICANN – ISO/IEC JTC 1

• MoU on E-Business: IEC, ISO, ITU and UN/ECE

JTC 1

Attracting: ITS stakeholders ISO/ITU/IEC “Fully Networked Car” event at Geneva Motor Show (since 2003)

Joint Task Force between ISO and ITU on “Intelligent Transport System (ITS) Communications” (1st meeting: Japan middle August, 2011)

• Partnership: ISO TC 204, ITU-T and ITU-R relevant study groups

• Participation: open to national and regional standards bodies working in ITS communications

• Deliverables: ITU Recommendations referenced by ISO standards or vice versa

• Goal: avoid national or regional standards and achieve international standards

• Complemented by: ITU-T Focus Groups on Car Communication and ITU-T FG on Driver Distraction ITU: Committed to connecting the world

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Attracting: Smart Grid stakeholders

• Smart Grids: One of the most expected applications of the IoT:

• Electricity networks that can intelligently integrate the behavior and actions of all users connected to it (generators, consumers and those that do both) in order to efficiently deliver sustainable, economic and secure electricity supplies

• Buildings can be made more energy efficient, reducing CO2 emissions

• ITU-T has been working on Smart Grids since 2010 establishing an ITU-T Focus group (FG SMART)

• Scope: – Identify potential impacts on

standards development – Investigate future ITU-T study

items and related actions – Familiarize ITU-T and

standardization communities with emerging attributes of smart grid

– Encourage collaboration between ITU-T and smart grid communities


Attracting: e-health stakeholders

• Mobile technologies and devices will support medical and public health practice in the future (e.g. personal and home-based sensor devices will enable remote monitoring of patients).

• mobile technologies have great potential for overcoming health challenges in developing countries (mobile phones are already used to store medical records).

• Gathering stakeholders to avoid duplication of efforts and to coordinate public-private partnerships is essential.

• The Internet of Things will support M2M communication (especially mobile) to connect e-health systems.


• ITU-T SG16: Lead SG on e-everything • Question 28/16 – Multimedia framework for e-health applications • Planned workshop on e-health technology standards (in

cooperation with WHO) date TBC

Conclusion

• The promise of an “Internet of Things”, which include M2M, has been in the spotlight for a long time – ITU involved from the very beginning

• Besides many opportunities, there are some challenges that need to be addressed

• ITU can provide a global platform, taking advantage of the partnership between public and private sectors, to discuss these challenges, foster effective coordination and produce global standards and find global solutions to advance the Internet of Things and extend its benefits globally.

• www.itu.int/ITU-T/gsi/iot • www.itu.int/ITU-T/jca/iot


http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/gsi/iot



http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/jca/iot



www.itu.int/ITU-T

Thank you very much!

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ITU-T in a Nutshell

• ITU-T Product: Recommendations (= “standards”) – Freely available to the public

• Work (mostly) done in Study Groups (10 of them)

• Unique partnership of private sector (Sector Members) &

government (Member States)

– Truly global

– Consensus decisions

• Very flexible

• Fast procedures, transparent procedures

• Brand name

• Interoperability events / ITU-T Conformity database

• Common Patent Policy ITU-T/ITU-R/ISO/IEC

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Strategic Objectives

1. Develop and publish timely global Telecom/ICts standards

2. Promote conformance to ITU-T Recommendations by maintaining an online “conformity DB”

3. Enhance interoperability by organizing events to prove interoperability of different vendors equipment

4. Enhance accessibility to ICT

5. Promote ICTs as an effective tool to combat climate change

6. Identify relevant areas for future standardization projects by involving academia

7. Provide the most attractive forum for standardization in the interest of the membership

8. Disseminate information and know-how

9. Cooperate and collaborate with other SDOs and ITU Sectors

10. Provide support and assistance to the membership, in particular developing countries

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ITU-T Working Structure

WTSA World Telecommunication

Standardization Assembly

Study Group SG

Workshops,

Seminars,

Symposia…

IPR

ad hoc Working Party

Questions: Develop Recommendations

SG

WP WP WP

Q

Q Q

Q

Focus

Group

s

Other SDOs

Telecommunication Standardization

Advisory Group

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Start work:

within 1 day / few weeks

Approve work:

4(+) weeks (average 2 months) for technical standards (95% of work)

Develop work:

from weeks to 2-3 yrs

Publish work:

within days after approval

ITU-T is fast

(“pre-published” standard = non-edited version Edited version: typically a few months after approval)

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ITU-T Member State Participation

Region A - The Americas (216)

Region B - Western Europe (178) Region C - Eastern Europe and Northern Asia (73)

Region D - Africa (182) Region E - Asia and Australasia (460)

Member States: 191 governments Sector Members: 565 private sector

Membership fee: 31,800 CHF (~= 20k EUR)

Associates: 154 private sector

(one Study Group only) Membership fee: 10,600 CHF (~= 7 kEUR)

Today, 95% of the work in ITU-T is done by the private sector

A B

C D

E

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New

Topics for SGs

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ITU-T Relevance

Increased

Participation

Industry

Other SDOs

Regulators

•News

•Workshops

•Tech-watch

•Promotion New

Membership

R&D

Academic Academia New

Ideas

ITU-T and Academia

Why Involving Academia?

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