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Opportunities to Accelerate

Adoption & Deployment of

IoT ApplicationsStephen Douglas

Solutions Strategy – Spirent Communications

[email protected]

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Wide variety of IoT devices that require different qualification & testing

New challenges with remote devices (embedded, long life-spans, remote located)

How do you keep up with the diversity and pace of growth?

Diversity of devices and applications


Carriers need advanced analytics capable of understanding

& predicting the new IoT Traffic & Service Dynamics

Not all “Things” are created equal!

Certain applications require high levels of

guaranteed Service Quality (QoS)

i.e. V2V crash warning & avoidance

User (human) perception (QoE) is still

important for various applications

i.e. Smart Shower. Poor service quality directly

impacts user perception

Networks are optimized for human traffic

characteristics not machines & things


Similar devices with different service level expectations

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High Service Level ExpectationLow Service Level Expectation

Same app, similar use case,

Very different service quality requirements

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New Threats and

Vulnerabilities

Can you afford not to test and proactively monitor for security threats?

Top issues making IoT more

vulnerable:

• Lack of network security

expertise in IoT verticals

• Endless variety & pace to

market of IoT applications &

devices

• Magnitude of risk (i.e. losing

control of a car compared to a

phone)

Chrysler Jeep

hacked

over internet

& taken

control of on

highway in

St. Louis

(July 2015)


How do we get devices & applications up & running quickly?

LiveLab

Minimal acceptance for:

Connectivity

Communications

Efficiency

Security

Remote Management

Continuous monitoring,

analytics and selective

active testing for:

Large scale

Anomalous behavior

Preemptive assurance

Environmental

Safe for launch Safe for the future

Post module regulatory approval & PTRCB / GCF certification


The Challenges of the

remote device

Physical access to devices

diminishing (embedded,

hermetically sealed, deployed

in remote locations)

Long-life-spans in the field

(up to 10 years in some cases)

Volume of devices

Devices don’t complain

(don’t call Customer Care!)

Remotely, efficiently & securely onboarding,

managing & monitoring devices on a broad scale required


The Race for Standardization – Fragmentation & Silo’s


Spirent recommends

Fast baseline acceptance testing & continuous live monitoring (analytics)

Proactive service assurance & customer experience management

Simple, standardized developer tools accelerating adoption & guaranteeing interoperability


Customer Challenges and Our Solutions

Develop

IoT Devices & Applications

Operate & Optimize

IoT Networks & Applications

[1]

Simple

developers test

tools

[2]

Embedded

software to speed

development

[3]

Embedded

software to

facilitate

connection &

configuration

[4]

Tests & services

to quickly qualify

devices &

applications

[5]

Analytics to

detect

performance &

security issues


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