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Recommendation ITU-T Y.4251/F.747.1

Capabilities of ubiquitous sensor networks for
supporting the requirements of smart metering services

1 Scope
The main purpose of this Recommendation is to identify the capabilities of ubiquitous sensor
networks (USNs) which support the requirements of smart metering services. The scope of this
Recommendation covers the following:
– overview of smart metering
– smart metering use case scenarios
– requirements of smart metering services
– USN capabilities for supporting the requirements of smart metering services.

2 References

The following ITU-T Recommendations and other references contain provisions which, through
reference in this text, constitute provisions of this Recommendation. At the time of publication, the
editions indicated were valid. All Recommendations and other references are subject to revision;
users of this Recommendation are therefore encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the
most recent edition of the Recommendations and other references listed below. A list of the
currently valid ITU-T Recommendations is regularly published. The reference to a document within
this Recommendation does not give it, as a stand-alone document, the status of a Recommendation.

[ITU-T F.744] Recommendation ITU-T F.744 (2009), Service description and requirements
for ubiquitous sensor network middleware.
[ITU-T Y.2221] Recommendation ITU-T Y.2221 (2010), Requirements for support of
ubiquitous sensor network (USN) applications and services in the NGN
environment.

3 Definitions

3.1 Terms defined elsewhere
This Recommendation uses the following terms defined elsewhere:

3.1.1 sensor [ITU-T Y.2221]: An electronic device that senses a physical condition or chemical
compound and delivers an electronic signal proportional to the observed characteristic.

3.1.2 sensor network [ITU-T Y.2221]: A network comprised of inter-connected sensor nodes
exchanging sensed data by wired or wireless communication.
3.1.3 sensor node [ITU-T Y.2221]: A device consisting of sensor(s) and optional actuator(s)
with the capabilities of sensed data processing and networking.
3.1.4 ubiquitous sensor network (USN) [ITU-T Y.2221]: A conceptual network built over
existing physical networks which makes use of sensed data and provides knowledge services to
anyone, anywhere and at any time, and where the information is generated by using context
awareness.

3.1.5 USN gateway [ITU-T Y.2221]: A node which interconnects sensor networks with other
networks.

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