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UPDATE ON ONEM2M/IOT POLICY AND IMPLEMENTATION

Sushil Kumar

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A brief introduction

TEC develops telecom product specification andinteroperability (Interface) specification for seamless working oftelecom networks and devices. These also cover safety andsecurity requirement.

TEC provides support and advice to DoT on technology,spectrum and licensing related issues and produces standardsrelated documents.

Telecommunication Engineering Centre  

It strives to enhance Indian contribution in the development ofinternational standards so that the national interests are adequatelysafeguarded.

Various divisions in TEC chair the National working Groups (NWGs)corresponding to the study group of ITU‐T.

TEC also chair NWG‐5 corresponding to study group 5 of ITU‐R, whichinter‐alia deals standards for mobile radio systems.

TEC is having IPV6 Ready Logo test lab, Specific Absorption Rate (SAR)lab and Next Generation Network (NGN)/ Transport lab.

TEC also has MRA with Singapore for product certification

Telecommunication Engineering Centre  

ITU‐T in its Recommendation ITU‐T Y.2060 (06/2012) hasdefined Internet of Things (IoT), as a global infrastructure for theinformation society, enabling advanced services byinterconnecting (physical and virtual) things based on existing andevolving interoperable information and communicationtechnologies.

IoT definition as per ITU-T

ITU‐T created a Study Group (SG)‐20 in 2015 to study IoT and itsapplications in Smart cities and communities.

• 50 billion connected devices globally by 2020

• 26 billion connected devices globally by 2020, business impact  to be worth US$ 4.3 Trillion.

• $1.3 trillion revenue opportunities for mobile network operators

There may be around 2.6 billion connected devices by 2020 and 8 billion by 2026 and 24 billion by 2032 in India.

Global projections varies from 26 billion to 50 billion

CISCO / Ericson / ITU

GSMA & Machina research

M2M / IoT market:  Projections

Source: Keysight technologies

M2M / IoT NetworkHow to Connect ?

Enabling technologies Sensor networks, GPS, Location‐Based Services (LBS), nanotechnologies Low Power short range wireless technologies:

NFC, RFID in proximity. Bluetooth low energy, Zigbee, Thread, Zwave, Wi‐Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) on 2.4 and 5 GHz bands DSRC (802.11p) for V2V / V2I communication on 5.9 GHz licensed spectrum. Wi-SUN (6Lowpan), Zigbee (6Lowpan)

Cellular Technologies: 2G /3G/ LTE / CDMA / Satellite for Long rangecommunication depending upon the applications.

Wire line BB / FTTH from for high bandwidth applications PLC : Narrowband and BB PLCs

LPWAN Technologies : Non 3GPP / Non cellular – LoRa, Sigfox, Ingenu etc.: 3GPP / Cellular – EC‐GSM, LTE MTC, NB‐IoT based on 3GPPRel 13 and beyond.

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5G will bring ultra high reliability, ultra low latency, wide coverage and highsecurity network, suitable for M2M / IoT.

Static IP (IPv6 or dual stack) but in future IPv6 only.

Digital Identity : e‐KYC for individuals and digital certificates for companies.

Smart Phone will work as a Smart device

Wireless spectrum (Licensed / Un licensed)

High speed and reliable internet services on fixed line and Smart phones.

ICT backbone

Cloud

RFID Tags for e‐tolling in 865‐867 MHz band

M2M SIM (Embedded SIM)

Enabling technologies  …..

GSMA study on IoT in 2014 – 40% of the total devices may be connectedusing SIM and a connection to mobile network.

In MWC‐ 2016, Ericsson has dropped the number of cellular connected IoTdevices in 2020 from their previous estimate of (40%) 20 billion to just over(2%) 1 billion.

In MWC – 2017, Ericson projected 1.5 billion connected devices out of 28billion, on cellular network by 2022.

In India SIM based devices / Gateways may be around 15‐20%.

It shows that the low power wireless network and LPWAN will have a majorshare in device connectivity.

Projections related to connectivity technologies 

5G Usage scenarios

Source: ITU

5G for INDIA

To identify spectrum availability for 5G in India in low, mid and highrange of spectrum and conduct technical studies on models andparticipate in WP5D and Task Force 5/1 in ITU‐R SG 5;

To identify regulatory and licensing aspects for 5G and collaborationneeded among various stake holders.

TEC along with industry finalized the requirement for Low mobilitylarge coverage (LMLC) and submitted in ITU‐R, 5D meeting.

Source: Harnessing the IoT for Global development, ITU, 2016

Emerging challenges in relation to IoT

M2M Standardization at International level

ITU

ISO

IEC

U4SSC

OneM2M

GSMA

Alliance for Internet of Things Innovation (AIoTI)

Continua health alliance

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Important activities in ITU‐T SG‐20

Study Period : 2017‐2020

WP1/20Q1/20:End to end connectivity, networks, and interoperability, infrastructures and Big Data aspects related to IoT and SC&C

Q2/20: Requirements, capabilities, and use cases across verticals

Q3/20: Architectures, management, protocols and Quality of Service

Q4/20: e/Smart services, applications and supporting platforms

WP2/20Q5/20: Research and emerging technologies, terminologies and definitions

Q6/20: Security, privacy, trust and identification

Q7/20: Evaluation and assessment of Smart Sustainable Cities and Communities

Draft recommendations consented in SG-20 meeting, Sept 2017

1. Common requirements and capabilities of a gateway for Internet ofthings applications.

2. High‐level requirements and reference framework of smart city platform

3. Requirements for interoperability of smart city platforms

4. Requirements of transportation safety service including use cases andservice scenarios

5. Requirements and capabilities of Internet of Things for support ofwearable devices and related services

6. oneM2M‐ Functional Architecture

7. Reference architecture for IoT network capability exposure

8. Security capabilities supporting safety of the Internet of Things

Important activities in ITU-T SG-20….

M2M / IoT Common Service Layer

M2M Service layer was defined by ITU‐T FG M2M.

It is a software layer.

It sits between M2M applications and communication HW / SWthat provide data transport.

It normally rides on top of IP

It Allows for distributed intelligence ie at devices, Gateways andapplications in the cloud.

11 Multi stake holders working groups have been created in the last 2‐3years.

First set of following Technical Reports were released by Hon’bleMoC&IT in May 2015 along with National Telecom M2M roadmap

a) M2M Enablement in Power Sector

b) M2M Enablement in Intelligent Transport System

c)  M2M Enablement in Remote Health Management

d) M2M Enablement in Safety & Surveillance Systemss

e) M2M Gateway & Architecture.

M2M/ IoT Standardization activities in TEC, DoT

IInd set of Technical Reports,   released  in Nov 2015  by Member(T), Member(F) and other senior officers of  DoT/ TEC

1. M2M Number resource requirement and options

2. V2V / V2I Radio Communication and Embedded SIM

3. Spectrum requirements for PLC and Low Power RFCommunications.

4. ICT Deployments and strategies for India’s smart cities: Acurtain raiser

M2M/ IoT Standardization activities in TEC, DoT...

M2M/ IoT Standardization activities in TEC, DoT...

1. M2M/ IoT Enablement in Smart Homes

2. Communication Technologies in M2M / IoT domain

Technical Reports released in 2017

Work is in progress in Smart cities, Smart Village & Agriculture,  Security  and M2M Gateway & Architecture working groups 

Technical reports are available on www.tec.gov.in/technical‐reports

NWG‐20 formed in TEC, India, in 2015 to collaborate with ITU‐T SG‐20

The technical report on “M2M enablement in Remote healthmanagement” has been recognized as a valuable information by e‐Healthexpert of ITU‐D Study group 2 and has been submitted as a contributionin the ITU‐ D meeting 7‐11 September 2015, Geneva.

Based on these technical reports, two contributions were submitted inITU‐T SG‐20 meeting in Singapore, Jan 2016; 4 in Geneva meeting, July2016 and three in Dubai meeting, March 2017; 4 in Geneva meeting,September 2017.

M2M/ IoT Standardization activities in TEC, DoT...

1. Based on TR and consultations with all the stake holders, TEC proposed 13digit M2M Numbering plan for SIM based devices/ Gateways which will coexist with existing 10 digit numbering scheme being used for mobile phones.

DoT has approved this scheme and issued orders to all the TSPsfor implementation.

Five codes of 3 digit each (559, 575, 576, 579 and 597) have beenallotted as a M2M identifier.

2. Embedded SIM : Based on TR, IR has been prepared in TEC. MoRTHincluded in AIS140 standard for VTS.

3. Based on TR, additional Spectrum requirement for Low power RFcommunications in Sub GHz band was sent to WPC/ DoT.

Actionable points emerged  from the Technical Reports (TRs):Some are listed as below:

Actionable points emerged  from the Technical Reports….

4. Any device / Gateway having direct connectivity with PSTN /PLMN should have static IP (IPv6 or dual stack).

5. Multi protocol gateways.

6. M2M Network architecture and various Service delivery models forproviding services in M2M domain.

7. Spectrum requirement for DSRC technology.

8. Licensing for LPWAN   on non cellular technologies, providing public services. 

9. Common service layer requirement in the platforms, important for data sharing, Security and interoperability.

10. Device testing and certification

M2M devices need to conform to safety standards from radiation/ power perspectives.

M2M devices need to be certified, while focusing on international standards deployment  

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Actionable points emerged  from the Technical Reports….

Mandatory Testing and Certification requirements

Gazette notifications issued. Available on TEC website.

Regulatory and legal compliance requirements ‐ Devices with communication facility needs testing and certification against 

EMI/ EMC, Safety,    SAR, IPv6  or RoHS   Technical protocols including Interoperability & Conformance            

testing,  Security  

Testing will be done in the accredited labs in India 

In case of MRA (Mutual Recognition Arrangement) with the other countries, devices may be tested there and no need of further testing in India.

Test Once : Use any where

https://portal.etsi.org/TBSiteMap/MTS/MTSTSTToR.aspx

ETSI has created a WG ETSI TC MTS TST WG (Testing)for developing test specification .

The types of testing can include, but is not limited to, conformance,interoperability, security and performance testing.

The initial technical focus of TST will be:

IoT network layer (communication protocols, node connectivity, edge computing etc.).IoT layer (data accumulation and aggregation)Application layer (interfaces, business processes etc.)

ETSI wg on testing specifications

Certification related to Health devices

Continua's Test and Certification program ensures interoperability byverifying that products conform to the Continua Design Guidelines and itsunderlying standards.

Certification of sensor devices ensures that IEEE 11073 conformant data issecurely received at the gateway. Certification of the WAN interface ensuresthat each field of every segment in the PCD‐01 message contains a validvalue.

Certification of the HIS interface ensures the syntax and semantics of theXML message.

Source: ITU-T HSTP-H810-XCHF (2017-01)

National Telecom Policy – 2012 :‐ thrust on high quality broadbandservices, Cloud computing, Mobile Internet, IPv6, Machine to Machinecommunication and telecom equipment manufacturing.

Telecom policy 2018 under preparation. It will focus on strengtheningtelecom infrastructure, IoT, 5G, AI, Cloud etc.

M2M Road map released in May 2015. M2M Service provider policyexpected in near future.

TRAI recommendations on Spectrum, Roaming and QoS relatedrequirements on M2M Communications released recently are underdiscussion in DoT.

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Facilitating M2M / IoT Pilot projects

Measures for Capacity building.

To establish Center of Innovation.

Promote the ecosystem for design, R&D, IPR creation, testing, standardizationand manufacturing

M2M / IoT adoptions in all national infrastructure projects

Collaboration with standardization / academia bodies.

Policy for M2M/IoT ecosystem….

IoT as a Disruptive Technology is leading the 

next wave of Transformational Change. 

THANKS

Sushil Kumarsushil.k.123@gmail.com

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(For detail, see the TR available on www.tec.gov.in/technical-reports/)