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AllianceTheOpenSourceWirelessCommunicationsReference

forSmartCitiesandUtilities

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AboutuCIFIUnlocktheSmartCities&UtilitiesmarketswithOpen-Source,Multi-TransportWirelessCommunicationsTechnology

WhatdoesuCIFImean?• u standsforUtilities

• Ci standsforCities• uC referstomicro-controllersinConnectedDevices

whichshallembedtheuCIFIReferenceImplementation

• CIFI reminds“WIFI”whichistheLANwirelessnetworkthatcouldconnectanydevicefromanysupplier,like“uCIFI“forIoTWirelessCommunicationNetworksforSmartCitiesandUtilities

• uCIFIrefersto“UNIFY”.uCIFI’sobjectiveistoprovideaunifieddatamodelandlanguagewhatevertheunderlyingwirelessnetworkis:LoRaWAN,NB-IoT,opensourceMESHandothersinthefuture.

AbouttheuCIFIAlliance• Non-ProfitOrganizationincorporatedintheUSA• Foundedbyglobalmarketleaders• InvolvingEnd-Customers,CitiesandUtilities,inaEnd-UserAdvisoryGroup• SponsoringtheNEWTICITYLinuxFoundationProjectforOpen-Sourceimplementation• PlanningLiaisonwithotherConsortiums:OCF,WISUN,TALQ

SmartMeteringLeaderMillionsofconnectedhomemeters

IoTNetworkingSolutionsLeaderThousandsofLoRaWANGatewaysdeployedin20countries

SmartStreetlightWorld-WideLeaderMillionsofLuminairessoldeveryyear.

End-UserSupportingGroup

SmartCityIntegratorThousandsofSmartCityandUtilityprojects

uCIFIFoundingandSponsorMembers

SmartCityIntegratorThousandsofSmartCityprojectsinAsia

SmartCities&UtilitiesNetworks- MarketChallengesDozensofwirelesscommunicationnetworks,hundredsofproprietarysoftwareinterface,nocommondatamodel

ProprietaryWirelessMeshNetworkNB-IoTNetwork

ManydifferentTelcoServers

CellBaseStations

ProprietaryCMSServer

ProprietaryAPIandDataPayload

GatewayfromSupplierN

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Vendor3SpecificDataPayload

Vendor-SpecificDataModelN

Vendor4SpecificDataPayload

SmartCityAppCentral

ManagementSoftware

AssetManagementSoftware

DeviceManagementPlatforms

CloudPlatform

LoRaNetwork

ManydifferentNetworkManagementServers

LoRaGateway

Vendor1SpecificLoRaDataPayload

Vendor2SpecificLoRaDataPayload

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Specifyaunifieddatamodel&interfaceacrossmultipleIoTnetworksincludingLoRaWAN,NB-IoT&anOpenSourceSub-GHzMESHnetworkto:

(i) enableinteroperabilitybetweenvendors(ii) drasticallyreduceintegrationcomplexity,riskandcostwhendeveloping&deployingSmartCities

&UtilitiesApplications

Specifyanopen-sourcesub-GHzmeshwirelessnetworkwiththesameunifieddatamodel&interface,tocomplementtheexistingopenLPWANnetworks(LoRaandNB-IoT)andprovideDevice-To-DeviceopennetworkingsolutionstoSmartStreetlightandMeteringApplications

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UnlocktheSmartCities&UtilitiesmarketswithOpen-Source,Multi-TransportWirelessCommunicationsreferenceimplementation

uCIFIMission

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uCIFIMarketPositioningAmulti-transportsolutiontodrasticallyreduceintegrationcomplexityandmeetend-customers’needsforinteroperability

uCIFIMulti-NetworkReferenceImplementation(CoAP/CBOR)

uCIFIOpenSourceSub-GHzMesh

CellularSTAR

LoRaWANSTAR

ProprietarySTAR

ProprietaryMESH

Wi-SUN- IEEE802.15.4gMESH

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uCIFIMarketPositioningAmulti-transportsolutiontodrasticallyreduceintegrationcomplexityandmeetend-customers’needsforinteroperability

uCIFIMulti-NetworkReferenceImplementation(CoAP/CBOR)

uCIFIOpenSourceSub-GHzMesh

DLSM/CosemEnergy

TALQSmartCity

OCFSmartHome OTHER

uCIFIUniversal

DataModel

CellularSTAR

LoRaWANSTAR

ProprietarySTAR

ProprietaryMESH

Wi-SUN- IEEE802.15.4gMESH

SmartMetering Apps SmartCityApps IoTPlatforms

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uCIFI ValueProposition

DevelopandbringtomarketanOpen-Source,Multi-Transport,Multi-Supplier

WirelessCommunicationsReferenceImplementation,

thatenablesConnectedDevicestotalkthesamelanguageonStarandMeshNetworks,

forSmartCitiesandUtilities

WirelessSub-GHzMeshNetwork

NB-IoTNetwork

ManydifferentTelcoServers

CellBaseStations

ProprietaryCMSServer

ProprietaryAPIandDataPayload

GatewayfromSupplierN

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SmartCityAppCentral

ManagementSoftware

AssetManagementSoftware

DeviceManagementPlatforms

CloudPlatform

LoRaNetwork

ManydifferentNetworkManagementServers

LoRaGateway

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WhatWilluCIFI Achieve?UnlocktheSmartCities&UtilitiesmarketswithOpen-Source,Multi-TransportWirelessCommunicationsTechnology

uCIFICoAPDataModel

uCIFICoAPDataModel uCIFICoAP

DataModel

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Provideanopen-sourcemulti-transportsoftwareembeddedinconnecteddevices

• Withthesameembeddedsoftwarecode,yourconnecteddevicecaneasilysupportLoRa,NB-IoTandOpenSourceMESH

• Sameapplicationlogic,samedatapayload,sameservices,workingonvariousTransportLayers

Þ DeviceSupplierscaneasilysupportanewNetworkTechnologyÞ End-customerswillhavemorenetworks/devicescombinations

DevelopanOpen-SourceLong-RangeMESHwirelessnetworkingstack

• uCIFIwilldevelopanOpenSourceLong-rangeSub-GHzMESHnetworktechnologyasanalternativetoexistingproprietarysystems

• CompliancetoexistingstandardsuchasWI-Sunshallbediscussed

Þ End-customerswon’tbelockedwithproprietarywirelessmeshforcriticalapplicationssuchasSmartStreetlightandSmartMetering

uCIFIScopeofWork

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3 Agreeona“uCIFIed”DataModel/Payload• uCIFIshallleverageandextendexistingstandardssuchasCOAPto

provideacommonwaytoread&writedevice’sattributesandassociatedservices

Þ ConnectedDevicesfromonevendorcanbereplacedbyanequivalentConnectedDevicefromanothervendorwithoutmajorhurdleintheCentralManagementSoftwareandApplications

4 Provideopen-sourceGatewaystoallCMSandotherSmartCity&UtilityApplications

• uCIFIshallprovideTALQ-compliantRESTful/JSONAPI• uCIFImaysupportotherstandardizedAPIinthefuture

Þ UtilityApplicationsandSmartCityPlatformsshallsupportanyuCIFI-readyconnecteddevicewithinseconds!

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uCIFITechnicalDeliverablesUnlocktheSmartCities&UtilitiesmarketswithOpen-Source,Multi-TransportWirelessCommunicationsTechnology

ConnectedDevice WirelessNetwork CentralApplications

SmartCityApp

CentralManagementSoftware

AssetManagementSoftware

DeviceManagementPlatforms

CloudPlatform

LoRaWANstandardtransportlayer

NB-IoTstandardtransportlayer

uCIFIopen-sourceSub-GHzwirelessMESH

transportlayer

uCIFIOpenSourceGateway

TelcoPlatform

LoRaGate-ways Standardized

APIsuchasTALQ

Commissioning,Control,

Command,Monitoring,Scheduling,

FirmwareUpdateSe

YourApplicationLogic

Stats&Logging Console&Shell Config &

Upgrade

Drivers PowerManagement

OperatingSystemKernel HardwareAbstractionLayer

SecureBootloader&FileSystem

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NB-IoTOpenMESH

ContributionfromRuntime

BLEContributionfromRuntime

LoRaContributionfromKerlink

uCIFICoAP– DeviceDataModel

PartofuCIFIdeliverables

AlreadyexistingcomponentsornotpartofuCIFI

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UnifiedDatamodel• Enableinteroperability;• Preventvendorlock-in;• Simplifyandreduceintegrationcostandacceleratesolutions

andprojectsdeployments

UnlockandAccelerateSmartCities&Utilitiesprojects

Multi-Transport• EnabletotackleallSmartCitiesandUtilitiesUseCases• ReduceandsimplifyIntegrationcostandacceleratesolutions

andprojectsdeployments• OpenfullytheIoTconnectivityofferforSmartCities&Utilities

byprovidingalternativetoclosedproprietarymeshnetworksforpowercriticalinfrastructure

Multi-Supplier&Interoperable• Preventvendorlock-in• Stimulatecompetitionanddifferentiatingfeatures• Reducecostandacceleratemarketadoption

uCIFIKeyBenefitsUnlocktheSmartCities&UtilitiesmarketswithOpen-Source,Multi-TransportWirelessCommunicationsTechnology

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OpenSourceImplementation• Offerrealopenness• Reducesolutionscostandincreasemassadoption• Opentofuturenetworksevolution• Enabledevice&solutionsprovidersnottobecommoditizedby

proprietarynetworksuppliersornetworkservicesoperator

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