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1 Applications

1 Scope
This Recommendation provides an overview of the Internet of things (IoT) with the main objective of
highlighting this important area for future standardization.

More specifically, this Recommendation covers the following:
– IoT-related terms and definitions
– concept and scope of the IoT
– characteristics of the IoT
– high-level requirements of the IoT

– IoT reference models.
IoT ecosystem and business models-related information is provided in Appendix I.

2 References
None.

3 Definitions

3.1 Terms defined elsewhere

This Recommendation uses the following term defined elsewhere:
3.1.1 next generation network (NGN) [b-ITU-T Y.2001]: A packet-based network which is able to provide
telecommunication services and able to make use of multiple broadband, QoS-enabled transport
technologies and in which service-related functions are independent from underlying transport-related
technologies. It enables unfettered access for users to networks and to competing service providers and/or
services of their choice. It supports generalized mobility which will allow consistent and ubiquitous provision
of services to users.

3.2 Terms defined in this Recommendation
This Recommendation defines the following terms:
3.2.1 device: With regard to the Internet of things, this is a piece of equipment with the mandatory
capabilities of communication and the optional capabilities of sensing, actuation, data capture, data storage
and data processing.
3.2.2 Internet of things (IoT): A global infrastructure for the information society, enabling advanced
services by interconnecting (physical and virtual) things based on existing and evolving interoperable
information and communication technologies.
NOTE 1 – Through the exploitation of identification, data capture, processing and communication capabilities, the IoT
makes full use of things to offer services to all kinds of applications, whilst ensuring that security and privacy
requirements are fulfilled.
NOTE 2 – From a broader perspective, the IoT can be perceived as a vision with technological and societal implications.
3.2.3 thing: With regard to the Internet of things, this is an object of the physical world (physical things)
or the information world (virtual things), which is capable of being identified and integrated into
communication networks.

4 Abbreviations and acronyms

This Recommendation uses the following abbreviations and acronyms:
2G Second Generation

3G Third Generation

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