Table of Contents

 1     Scope          
 2     References
 3     Definitions
        3.1     Terms defined elsewhere       
        3.2     Terms defined in this Recommendation           
 4     Abbreviations and acronyms             
 5     Conventions            
 6     Overview of NGNe functional extension to support the IoT  
        6.1     IoT requirements motivating extensions and enhancement of NGNe  
        6.2     The extension of functional entities   
        6.3     The extension of reference points      
        6.4     The extension of IoT components       
        6.5     Enhancement to NGNe capabilities     
 7     Functional entities extended to support the IoT        
        7.1     IoT end-point functions           
        7.2     IoT transport control functions             
        7.3     IoT data management functions          
        7.4     IoT service control functions  
 8     Reference points extended to support the IoT           
        8.1     Extended reference points internal to IoT-end-point functions
        8.2     Extended reference points internal to IoT transport control functions 
        8.3     Extended reference points internal to IoT-data management functions              
        8.4     Extended reference points internal to IoT-service control functions     
        8.5     Extended reference points external to IoT-end-point functions              
        8.6     Extended reference points external to IoT transport control functions
        8.7     Extended reference points external to IoT-DMF            
        8.8     Extended reference points external to IoT-service control functions     
 9     Components extended to support the IoT   
        9.1     IoT end-point components    
        9.2     IoT transport control components      
        9.3     IoT data management components    
        9.4     IoT service control components           
10     Capability enhancement to support the IoT               
       10.1     Enhanced capabilities of transport functional entities
       10.2     Enhanced capabilities of service control functional entities     
       10.3     Enhanced capabilities of content delivery functional entities 
       10.4     Enhanced capability for application support functional entities             
       10.5     Enhanced capability for the management functional component         
11     Security considerations      
Appendix I – Use-cases of the IoT architecture based on NGNe    
        I.1     Autonomic communications between IoT devices         
        I.2     Autonomic data collection from IoT devices     
        I.3     Autonomic service provisioning to the IoT user               
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