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Requirements for time controlled network communications are as follows:
1) MOC applications are recommended to support time control for MOC device
communications with the network based on service criteria (e.g., daily network traffic load,
MOC device location).

8.3 Resource usage
MOC applications are expected to engage low resource usage in the case where MOC devices send
or receive data infrequently (i.e., with a long time period between two data transmissions). To
improve the operational efficiency of an MOC application and decrease the MOC application's
operational costs and the MOC device's energy consumption, the resource usage of both MOC
devices and networks need to be optimized.

MOC applications requirements for optimized resource usage are as follows:
1) MOC applications are recommended to optimize the usage of resources for both MOC
devices and networks.
NOTE – This is particularly relevant in the case of infrequent data transmissions.

8.4 Interoperability with proprietary devices

Since a lot of proprietary devices (e.g., devices with proprietary standards for inter-working with
network entities) have already been deployed, MOC applications should be able to support
interoperability with these proprietary devices.

Requirements for the support of proprietary devices are as follows:
1) It is recommended that MOC applications be interoperable with proprietary devices through
appropriate means, e.g., MOC gateways.
2) MOC applications are recommended to support the effective hiding of proprietary devices'
operations.

8.5 Application collaboration
For some MOC application cases, there may be multiple MOC application providers providing
different MOC applications which need to collaborate with each other.
As an example, business to customer (B2C) companies deliver products to logistics companies for
further delivery to the customers who have ordered them. Logistics companies track the products in
transit, while customers may check the whereabouts of the purchased products by visiting the
application systems of the B2C companies which collaborate with the application systems of the
logistics companies.

MOC applications requirements for application collaboration are as follows:
1) MOC applications are recommended to support application collaboration with other MOC
applications via the intermediation of the MOC capabilities.
2) MOC applications of a given MOC application provider are recommended to support
application collaboration with MOC applications of other MOC application providers via
the intermediation of the MOC capabilities.

8.6 Support of service integration and delivery environment
MOC applications would benefit from support by the network of a service integration and delivery
environment. In addition to the support of common purpose capabilities for different types of
applications, interfaces to such an environment would enable the support of specific capabilities for
MOC applications.

268 Rec. ITU-T Y.4109/Y.2061 (06/2012)