1. The Internet of Things serving the world of things
ITU-T,
Gabriel Barta
IEC Head of technical coordination
Secretary, IEC MSB, CAB

2. Internet in International Standards
ITU-T Recommendations
ISO/IEC nnnnn-m standards
Developed and/or adopted under the umbrella of ISO/IEC JTC 1 and its subcommittees
Many with text identical to an ITU-T Recommendation
Many applications in different industrial areas
Examples from the IEC (IEC 6nnnn standards):
TC 57, Power systems management and associated information exchange: communications for utilities
TC 65, Industrial-process [control &] automation: communications for automated factories

3. Where does the IEC add value (since 1906)?
In practical industrial situations
As well as commercial and domestic
Safety and electromag.compatibility (EMC)
But also ... IEC standards reduce costs:
By common characteristics
By specifying infrastructure
By guaranteeing interoperability
Mainly using product standards (incl. sys.)

4. thing What is a product? It is a box, a
So the IEC has always standardized things
It has already been standardizing the IoT
Since it began involvement with the Internet
So is there a contradiction, an overlap?
No, there are two complementary views:
How to communicate
What is communicating

5. Implications for standardizing the IoT, I
A comm. protocol is a beautiful thing
Experts develop and perfect it
They then make it available for users
Sounds good, but is “thrown over the wall”
We need the IoT because the things need it
Throwing it over the wall won’t work
So develop IoT in constant consideration of the things themselves, the actual boxes

6. Implications for standardizing the IoT, II
Examples:
NID: must consider existing ID schemes
“Sensor” networks: if modern devices no longer clearly separate sensors from actuators, the IoT must not be rigid either
We are no longer living in a world where applications come afterwards
Compare the world of mobile apps & survival
Involve the things up front in the IoT

7. Thank you.
Discussion?