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104 Internet of Things Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda
also standards. This represents a critical step and an economic issue as this
activity is resource consuming. As for any complex technology, implementation
of test specifications into cost-effective test tools should also to be considered.
A good example is the complete approach of ETSI using a methodology
(e.g. based on TTCN-3) considering all the needs for successful certification
programmes.
The conclusion therefore is that just as the applied sector can benefit from
standards supporting their particular regulated or mandated needs, equally,
these sectors can benefit from conforming and certified solutions, protocols
and devices. This is certain to help the IoT-supporting industrial players to
succeed.
It is worth noting that setting standards for the purpose of interoperability
is not only driven by proper SDOs, but for many industries and applied sectors
it can also be driven by Special Interest Groups, Alliances and the Open Source
communities. It is of equal importance from an IoT perspective to consider
these different organizations when addressing the issue of standardisation.
From the point of view of standardisation IoT is a global concept, and is
based on the idea that anything can be connected at any time from any place
to any network, by preserving the security, privacy and safety. The concept of
connecting any object to the Internet could be one of the biggest standardisation
challenges and the success of the IoT is dependent on the development of
interoperable global standards. In this context the IERC position is very clear.
Global standards are needed to achieve economy of scale and interworking.
Wireless sensor networks, RFID, M2M are evolving to intelligent devices
which need networking capabilities for a large number of applications and
these technologies are “edge” drivers towards the Internet of Things, while
the network identifiable devices will have an impact on telecommunications
networks. IERC is focussed to identify the requirements and specifications
from industry and the needs of IoT standards in different domains and to
harmonize the efforts, avoid the duplication of efforts and identify the standardisation
areas that need focus in the future.
To achieve these goals it is necessary to overview the international IoT standardisation
items and associated roadmap; to propose a harmonized European
IoT standardisation roadmap; work to provide a global harmonization of IoT
standardisation activities; and develop a basic framework of standards (e.g.,
concept, terms, definition, relation with similar technologies).