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The support of device initiated communications is required so as to satisfy the requirements of
automatic communications [C3].

8.5.2 Communication control
Error control for communications is required to be supported, so that the IoT is able, for example, to
cope with interferences between devices [C4].

Time-critical communications are required to be supported, so that the IoT can provide time-critical
message handling and delivery [C5].

8.5.3 Intelligent communication

The requirements of intelligent communication include requirements of autonomic networking [ITU-
T Y.2060], content-aware communication and location based communication.

Autonomic networking is required in IoT to support self-configuring, self-healing, self-optimizing
and self-protecting capabilities at the networking level, in order to adapt to different application
domains, different communication environments and large numbers and varied types of devices [C6].

Content-aware communication is required, so that, for example, the IoT can provide a support for
path selection and routing of communications based on content [C7].

Location based communication is required, so that the IoT can support location based interactions
among IoT actors [C8].
NOTE  Location information is expected to be captured and traced automatically.

8.5.4 Heterogeneous communication support
Communications can take place in the device layer (see [ITU-T Y.2060]) through various kinds of
wired or wireless technologies, such as controller area network (CAN) bus, ZigBee, Bluetooth, WiFi,
etc. Support for heterogeneous device related communication technologies is required [C9].

Communications can take place in the network layer (see [ITU-T Y.2060]) through various kinds of
technologies, such as second generation/third generation (2G/3G), long term evolution (LTE),
Ethernet, digital subscriber line (DSL), etc.

Support for heterogeneous network related communication technologies is required [C10].

8.6 Device requirements
Device requirements refer to the functional requirements from the piece of equipment connected with
things. These requirements are related to the IoT user and thing actors.

8.6.1 Connectivity of things

The IoT is required to support the establishment of the connectivity between a thing and the IoT based
on the identifier of the thing [D1].
NOTE – Heterogeneous identifiers of things are expected to be processed in a unified way, (see
[ITU-T Y.2060]).

8.6.2 Device control and configuration
Support of remote monitoring, control and configuration of devices is required so that device
manageability in IoT is increased [D2].
Plug and play capability is required to be supported in IoT in order to enable on-the-fly generation,
composition or acquisition of semantic-based configurations for seamless integration and cooperation
of things with applications and responsiveness to application requirements, (see [ITU-T Y.2060])
[D3].

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