ITU‐T's Technical Reports and Specifications 265 The first direct consequence of the IoT is the generation of huge quantities of data, where every physical or virtual object connected to the IoT may have a digital twin in the cloud, which could be generating regular updates. As a result, consumer IoT related messaging volumes could easily reach between 1,000 and 10,000 per person per day. The IoT contribution is in the increased value of information created by number of interconnections among things and the transformation of the processed information into knowledge for the benefit of mankind and society. The IoT could allow people and things to be connected “Anytime, Anyplace, with Anything and Anyone”, ideally using Any path/network and Any service. This is also stated in the ITU vision of the IoT. The vision of what exactly the Internet of Things will be, and what its final architecture will be, is still diverging and being researched on. Figure 40 – Smart object dimensions20 Internet‐of‐Things Architecture (IoT‐A)21 The main aim of IoT‐A can be explained using the pictorial representation that shown in the following Figure 38. ____________________ 20 Extracted of: Book: Internet of Things‐Global Technological and Societal Trend, by Dr. Ovidiu Vermesan and Dr. Peter Friess. 21 Extracted of document: Internet‐of‐Things Architecture IoT‐A. Deliverable D1.3 –Updated reference model for IoT v1.5. Project co‐funded by the European Commission within the Seventh Framework Programme (2007‐2013).