Current Status and Challenges of Internet of Things Xiaohui YU CATR, MIIT June 30th, 2011
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Overall Situation in China IoT Governmen tal Support Enterprise actively involved Strong Research Input IoT is deemed as an important part of the strategic emerging industries, as a measure for transformation of the mode of economic development, for developing low carbon economy and achieving green and sustainable growth, as a footstone of forging the information society and improving people s life in China. 3
The IoT application status in China Applications based on Sensors Application based on sensors appearing in many fields Applications based on RFID China is the third market in the world M2M applications Applied in big scale, number of M2M terminals exceed 8M, in 2010, increased 80%. Closed applications are dominant. Gradual expansion of IoT applications from a single point to a wide area. RFID-based IoT applications relatively mature, wireless sensor applications still in the trial period. 4
Key areas for IoT application Choosing the key areas which have significant social and economic benefit, with demonstration effect, serve as models and strong relevance with other IoT factors to carry out the pilot application. Infrastructure Smart grid Smart city (City management, public service) ITS Upgrading the traditional industry Smart agriculture Smart industry E-finance Smart logistics To serve the people Environment and safety Smart healthcare Environment protection and energy saving Smart housing Public safety 5
Technology Research Project S&T Major Project National Science and Technology Plan (863 & 973) IoT Development Special Fund Wireless sensor network M2M technology and standardization IoT research Large-scale application demonstration RFID IoT architecture, MEMS, cognitive radio and context awareness technology Basic research of IoT. Launched in 2011. Key technology, industrialization, application demonstration B2B 6
Outline 1 2 3 4 Status quo of IoT in China Visions on Internet of things Challenges of IoT development Cooperation between EU and China 7 7
Definition of IoT Sensor Network IoT Ubiquitous Network Sensor Network Internet of Things Ubiquitous Network Key technologies of the sensing layer sensor, short-range wireless communication tech., self-organizing tech. Sensor, bar code, RFID, NFC, video camera, short-range wireless communication tech., selforganizing tech., GPS Sensor, bar code, RFID, NFC, video camera, short-range wireless communication tech., selforganizing tech., GPS Communication type --- Machine to machine, Machine to man Machine to machine, Machine to man, Man to man 8
The architecture of IoT IoT application Application Infrastructure /Middleware Applicatio n Layer Information processing Application Cloud integration computing Resolution Network Service management Web service Network Layer Telecommunication Network/Internet IoT Gateway Private network Sensing/Identification Layer Communication Module Extended Network Sensor Actuator RFID 2D code Intelligent equipment 9
Key Elements of IoT Application Indust ry Techn ology Stand ard Network Sensing/identification Resou rce Privac y Securi ty Laws, policies and IOT governance 10
Technical architecture of IoT Layering Technologies Key technologies in different network layers Common Technologies Identification, security & privacy, frequency, QoS and network management Supporting Technologies Frequency Identification and Analysis Application Network Communication n Sensing Intelligent Processing of Mass Information 海量信息智能处理 Data Storag e Low-speed Near Cloud Data computing Mining 低速近距离无 Field Communication 线通信 Wireless Access 无线接入增强 Enhancement Sensitive Mechanism Sensing 传感 Sensitive Material Technologi cal Equipment Platform Service Low-power 低功耗路由 consumption Route Self-organizing Communication 自组织通信 Measure ment Information Presentation IP IP Carrying 承载 Network 网络传送 Transport Identification 识别 Object Identificat ion Identificat ion of Position SOA Cognitive 认知无线电 Radio Image 图像 Acquisition 获取 Heterogeneous 异构网络 Network 控制和 Control 执行 and Execution Security and Privacy Network Management Embedded system, microelectromechanics, software and algorithm, power supply and power storage, new material, etc. Supporting Technologies 技术 Microelectromechani Software and Embedded 嵌入式系统微机电软件和算法 System cs Algorithm Power Supply and Power Storage New Material 11
Outline 1 2 Status quo of IoT in China Visions on Internet of things 3 4 Challenges of IoT development Cooperation between EU and China 12 12
Main Challenges -The overall market is huge but with long tail feature, it s difficult to meet the requirements of each market and difficult to make profit. - Data sharing among different industries or sectors is very difficult. - Openness of service ability is a difficult goal to achieve. Challenges c - Immaturity in technology and industry value chain. - Different applications have different requirements of standardization. - Inadequate of the industrial ability, and high costs of sensors or other products. 13
Identification architecture 3Application Identity URL Content-ID 2Communication Identity IPv4 IPv6 E.164 IMSI MAC 1Object Identity RFID identification BarCode Object Identification Future research focus: Coexisting and interoperability of different identifier schemes Identity encryption, anonymity Identity management New technologies (global ID schemes) 14
Security and Privacy Issues Common Issues Authentication Encryption Data Integrity IoT Special -- Security of data sensed and exchanged by things. Privacy management -- Privacy of humans and things must be ensured to prevent unauthorized identification and tracking. 15
Standardization Standards play important role in achieving high degree of interoperability, lowering products costs and extending use of services. Collaboration is very important Many SDOs are developing standards of IoT, such as ITU, ETSI, 3GPP, ISO, etc. In fact, the standard architecture has not formed yet. Some application keep faster pace on Standardization From application perspective, such as ITS, Smart Grid, each application has its own standard architecture. The first step is to extract common requirements The first step is to extract common requirements among diverse applications, and to standardize those common technologies. 16
IoT for green, smart and sustainable development The role of Internet of Things: To support the in-depth convergence of the informationization and industrialization, transformation of the mode of economic development, to underpin the people oriented urbanization Strategic emerging industry Upgrading the traditional industry Smart social service Improve quality of life Smart city and smart infrastructure 17
To push forward the IoT development in China IoT Pilot applications IoT manufacturing industry IoT R&D system IoT public platform IoT service industry IoT standardization system IoT development mechanism Security, safety and privacy protection 18
Strategic Roadmap of the IoT development 2011-2012: To initiate the pilot application, R&D and industrialization layout 2013-2015: To expand the IoT application, explore the business model, shape the layout of R&D and industrialization 2015-2020: All round application and breakthrough of IoT, to develop the IoT industry 19
Outline 1 2 Status quo of IoT in China Visions on Internet of things 3 Challenges of IoT development 4 Cooperation between EU and China 20 20
Research Cooperation Research points of EU-China Internet of Things Advisory Group -- Strategy -- Architecture -- Testing bed and trial city -- Standardization -- Privacy protection and International governance - Having exchanged the viewpoints, enhanced mutual understanding - Trying to identify common interests, items and priority - Solid and active cooperation for mutual benefit 21
Thanks! Xiaohui YU, Deputy Chief Engineer China Academy of Telecommunication Research Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Website: http://english.catr.cn Email: yuxiaohui@catr.cn