IoT StandardsThe Next Generation

Jeff FeddersChief Strategist- Intel Corporation

Intel RepresentativeSteering Committee

Chairman of the BoardBoard of Directors

Intel RepresentativeP2413 Working Group

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Abstract

While the Internet of Things is bringing a vast variety of market sectors usages together; it also is creating a battlefield and a race for sector leadership in the standards environment.

In addition, the promise of IoT to connect the world has also created the need for universal identity and interoperability of Intelligent Things.

In order to be successful, the next generation set of standards will require cohesiveness and composability across a number of market sectors for the connection of Intelligent Things to become reality.

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The IoT Standards Environment

Consumer

Industrial(OT)

Enterprise(IT)

Communications Governments

IoT

Formal Standards in all 5 Sectors are creating End to End (E2E) IoT Architecture Frameworks to address the

connection of Things.

Standards Creation reflects business opportunities; this

race is about IoT monetization creating the

potential for market transformation.

Standards harmonization will even become very difficult if

not impossible.

The end-customer is probably not a person but

an entity, thing, or a system. A new type of

marketplace will emerge creating these new

businesses.

A single IoT Standard is not achievable given the market dynamics and

business opportunities.

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Consortia Vertical and Horizontal Approaches

Consumer Industrial Enterprise Communications Governments

Identity & Privacy

Interoperability

Security

Manageability

Connectivity

SW Defined Infrastructure

Physical Systems

Sensors & Actuators

Edge Agg, Analytics & Cntrl

Device Management

Data Service

Analytics Service

Application & Integration

Business Systems

IPSO

IIC

OIC

oneM2M

AIoTI

Industrie 4.0

China Social Organizations

OIC

UPnP/dlna

UPnP/dlna

ND

NN

DN

Non-exhaustive, just a few examples. There are hundreds of consortia groups focusing on IoT.

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Formal Standards Vertical Approaches

Consumer Industrial Enterprise Communications Governments

Identity & Privacy

Interoperability

Security

Manageability

Connectivity

SW Defined Infrastructure

Physical Systems

Sensors & Actuators

Edge Agg, Analytics & Cntrl

Device Management

Data Service

Analytics Service

Application & Integration

Business Systems

ITU-T – SG

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NIST-CPS

ISO-IEC – JTC1-W

G10

IEEE – P2413 3GPP

5G

Non-exhaustive, just the leading IoT formal standards organizations.

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How do you distill and take the first steps….

I would like to speak about three fundamental topics today:

• Smart Objects

• Interoperability

• Testbeds

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Smart Objects - Definition

Intelligent Things

Smart Objects = Comprehensive Data Model

Resource Model

Data Schema Model

Protocol Model

Physical Model

Services Model

Immutable Identity Model

Autonomous Model

Smart Objects = Comprehensive

Information Model

Information = (Thing Data) + (Analytics)

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Smart Objects – Identity and Privacy

Who are you?What is your provenance?

Can I trust who you say you are?Do you associate with a community or family?

How do I verify who I am speaking to?

I only want to tell you want you need…

How do Smart Objects establish a Trust Model?

Should Privacy be a part of the Smart Objects Model?

What is Immutable Identity and is it really possibleor is it really needed?

Things become Intelligent and Autonomous.

Connection to the Internet and Cloud is optional.

Context Awareness is mandatory for establishing

Trust.

Things will havemultiple

Smart ObjectPersonas.

Is Identity a fundamental component of a Smart Object Marketplace?

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Smart Objects – Libraries, Repositories, and Registries

Inspector

Librarian

WORLDWIDESDOs/SIGs

Open SourceCommunities

Smart Object Repositories

Libraries DesignKits

SourceCode

Communal Registries

Multiple Registries will exists in many forms: Governments, Organizations,Standards,Vertical Solutions,...

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Interoperability - ImportanceIoT Systems: heterogeneous, large-scale, distributed systems with multi-vendor building-blocks

We need Interoperability to build systems, create systems of systems, to keep cost low, to reduce risk, to spur innovation,…

An aircraft jet engine is built with 25,000 parts

A passenger car is built with 30,000 parts

A win turbine is built with 8,000 parts

There are more than 10,000 types of medical devices

… all of which are from hundreds of suppliers….

IoT

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Interoperability - Definition

IIRA Levels Requirements Aspects Human Language Model

Integrability Compatible signals and protocols

Communication

“Compliance”Syntax – how words can be arranged

Interoperability Common conceptual models

Understanding

“Conformance”Semantics – the meaning of individual words (in context)

ComposabilityMutually shared expectation in behaviors

Action

“Comprehension”

Pragmatics – the meaning of sentences and higher level structure (discourse)

Composability Example: An intelligent thing understanding the difference between:“Chain Supply verses Supply Chain”

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How to achieve Interoperability?

Consumer internet was based on having integrability• compatible protocols, established through the RFCs

IoT looks to • Integrability compliance for communications and protocols• Data Interoperability conformance in the short term• Intelligence Composability in the longer term safety, security,

resilience…

Key Challenges:• Shared or collaborative architectures and models concerted

efforts• New approaches to achieve composability to satisfy safety & other

concerns• Substantial Investment needed for interoperability testing

IoT Standards EnvironmentTenets

1. Interoperability

2. Security

3. Identity / Access

4. Scale

5. Business Intelligence

6. Reliability/Dependability

7. Safety

8. Proxy/Agent

9. Privacy

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How do all these interoperability aspects play together?

Specification

TestBeds

Open SourceCommunities

Challenges

Integrability

Interoperability

Composability

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Testbeds – Technical and Business Challenges

IoT Standards Environment Tenets

1. Interoperability

2. Security

3. Identity / Access

4. Scale

5. Business Intelligence

6. Reliability/Dependability

7. Safety

8. Proxy/Agent

9. Privacy

IoTTestBeds

Interoperability

BusinessOpportunities

Security Scale

Identity/Privacy

Proxy/Agent

Safety

Reliability/Dependability

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Testbeds – Comprehensive Eco-system CreationOpen SDNPlatform

Open NVF Platform

IoT Testbed Solutions

Intelligent Sensor/Actuator

Platform

Intelligent Thing

Platform

Intelligent Gateway Platform

Intelligent Edge

Platform

OpenCloud / DCPlatform

Identity & PrivacyInteroperability

SecurityManageabilityConnectivity

SW Defined Infrastructure Physical Systems

Sensors & ActuatorsEdge Agg, Analytics & Cntrl

Device ManagementData Service

Analytics ServiceApplication & Integration

Business Systems

IoT Testbeds enable multiple players at many layers to plug-n-play and test business models….

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Testbed as a Service (TaaS) – Paying for the large investment

• An Open Horizontal TestBed (OHTB) Program could bring a systematic management approach to the construction of the foundational recipes and ingredients of any IoT Reference Architecture Implementation Viewpoint, for a consistent build, construction guidelines, and ensure all Testbed tenets, for example, Interoperability, Scale, Security, and Business Opportunities are being assimilated.

• The mission of an OHTB sponsor would be to offer Testbed ingredients, recipes, and menus and operational capabilities to other vertical TestBeds and innovation centers or organizations for scalable monetization of Testbed investments and cross-cutting interoperability of IoT Service and Solution Delivery Systems.

• Support a scalable economical approach from a Proof of Concept (PoC) to Large Scale Deployments (LSD) programs. Create an environment that facilitates collaboration, acceleration, scale, and business models for all paying participants.

Creating Testbed as a Service (TaaS) Programs across consortia and many other organizations will enhance the ability to normalize the large investment

necessary to build practical on-ramps for large scale deploys of complicated system of systems.

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Testbeds as a Service (TaaS)Examples underway and proposals being considered

IoT Hospitality TaaS

IoT Forestry TaaS

IIoT Industrial TaaS

IIC Open Horizontal TestBed - TaaS• Predictive Maintenance• Edge Analytics• ….

Sponsored by HP and Intel

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ConclusionIoT Standards interoperability and composability are necessary for market adoption and horizontal solutions with a common understanding that Smart Objects are a key to enable an open marketplace and create platforms for innovation and jobs.

Companies, Organizations, and Governments need to work and potentially nudge together to prevent grid-lock and enable passage.

A potential Testbed as a Service below!

A few days ago, a drone captured this eye-popping video of the world’s worst traffic jam on the G4 Beijing-Hong Kong-Macau Expressway; 50 lanes converging to 20 lanes.