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122 Internet of Things Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda
In IoT-centric scenarios, trust relationships are required between people,
devices and infrastructures. Decentralised, self-configuring approaches (e.g.,
Trust Negotiation) are better suited to the IoT. New aspects like identity for
sensor and smart objects and their integration in IdM frameworks are still a
challenge.
Security against infrastructure disruption
As IoT becomes incorporated into national and critical infrastructure, there is
a requirement to provide security against infrastructure disruption. Research is
required into attack detection and recovery/resilience for IoT-specific threats,
as well as management support such as situational awareness tools/techniques
and decision making.
Privacy protection mechanisms
As much of the IoT involves personal information, privacy mechanisms must
be developed that enable individuals to control the handling of personal information.
Research is required to develop privacy protection mechanisms that
enable data to be stored/processed without the content being accessible to
others and to prevent information being inferred about individuals from IoT
exchanges. Privacy, authentication and data ownership in the context of globally
distributed IoT networks is another key area of research.
2.12.8 Device Level Energy Issues
Low power communication
Power consumption reduction of RF full-receiver should have a target much
below 5 mW to enable very small form factor and long life-time battery.
Targeting below 1 mW would then enable support from energy harvesting
systems enabling energy autonomous RF communications.
Ultra-wideband
Ultra-wideband is not to be forgotten in the Internet of Things domain, as it
provides a feature of great interest in addition to the communication itself,
which is the ranging or indoor localization one [154]. Here, standardisation is
also expected to arise and market development to come. Mature solutions are
now available, and waiting for market deployment and public acceptance.