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1 Scope ............................................................................................................................. 135

2 References ..................................................................................................................... 135
3 Definitions .................................................................................................................... 135
3.1 Terms defined elsewhere ................................................................................ 135
3.2 Terms defined in this Recommendation ......................................................... 136

4 Abbreviations and acronyms ........................................................................................ 136

5 Conventions .................................................................................................................. 136
6 Characteristics of things in the IoT ............................................................................... 136
6.1 Fundamental characteristics ........................................................................... 136
6.2 Common characteristics ................................................................................. 137

6.3 Social characteristics ...................................................................................... 137
6.4 Autonomy of things ........................................................................................ 137
6.5 Capability of self-replication or control ......................................................... 137

7 Characteristics of IoT applications ............................................................................... 137
7.1 Interconnectivity ............................................................................................. 137
7.2 Things-related services ................................................................................... 138
7.3 Heterogeneity ................................................................................................. 138
7.4 Dynamic changes ............................................................................................ 138

7.5 Enormous scale ............................................................................................... 138
7.6 Data gathering and processing by things ........................................................ 138
7.7 Collaborative data processing ......................................................................... 138
7.8 Maintenance-free operation ............................................................................ 138

7.9 Self-adaptation ................................................................................................ 139
7.10 Energy efficiency and operating lifetime ....................................................... 139
7.11 Embedded intelligence ................................................................................... 139
7.12 Location considerations .................................................................................. 139
7.13 Auto-configuring reliable information transmission over ubiquitous
networks ......................................................................................................... 139
7.14 Security ........................................................................................................... 140

7.15 Privacy ............................................................................................................ 140
7.16 Infrastructure-less versus infrastructure-based application ............................ 140
7.17 Observation and/or actuation vs. data exchanges ........................................... 140
7.18 Application domains ....................................................................................... 140

8 Common requirements for IoT applications ................................................................. 141
8.1 Identification ................................................................................................... 141
8.2 Identification-based connectivity ................................................................... 141
8.3 Interoperability ............................................................................................... 141

8.4 Autonomic networking ................................................................................... 141

Rec. ITU-T Y.4103/F.748.0 (10/2014) 133