EU Commission policy towards the
Internet of Things
Role of standards in the emerging Internet of Things
Florent Frederix
Head of Sector
European Commission
Directorate General Information Society and Media
This document does not necessarily reflect any
official position of the Commission
August 22-24, 2011, ITU-T Geneva
Internet of Things
• An introduction
• The EU Communication on IoT
• The role of standards
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IoT: An introduction
Mark Weiser, Xerox 1988
“They weave themselves into the fabric of everyday life until they are indistinguishable from it”
UN report, 2005
Kevin Ashton, 1998, cofounded the Auto-ID Center:
“Adding radio-frequency identification and other sensors to everyday
objects will create an Internet of Things, and lay the foundations of a new
age of machine perception”
“We are heading into a new era of ubiquity, where the users of the Internet will be counted in
billions, and where humans may become the minority as generators and receivers of traffic.
Changes brought about by the Internet will be dwarfed by those prompted by the networking
of everyday objects “
ITU, 2005
“Connections will multiply and create an entirely new dynamic
network of networks –an Internet of Things”
Viviane Reding, 2007
“… a new phase of the Information Society – the Internet of Things in which the web will not
only link computers but potentially every object created by mankind.”
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Example IoT (I)
Tagging & identity
RFID tag:
• Monitoring
• Improve logistic information
• New services
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Example IoT (II)
Ubiquitous
intelligent devices
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Example IoT (III)
Ambient Assisted Living
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Example IoT (IV)
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-Smart Home
-Smart City
Common sensor and
actuator information
infrastructure
Sensor information enablement
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access to sensor and
actuator information
– information shared across
”verticals” and new
applications
aggregation and collection of data
directory services
data brokering and service composition
information federation
privacy and integrity protection
access policy enforcement
accounting and revenue,....
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Temperature
Humidity
Light
Seismograph
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The EU IoT Communication
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Governance of a Vital Resource
Define principles underlying the governance of IoT
An ‘architecture’ with a sufficient level of decentralised
management
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Privacy and Protection of Personal data
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Trust
- Social acceptance
- Fundamental Rights
Continuous monitoring of the privacy and the protection of
personal data
The ‘silence of the chips’: individuals should be able to
disconnect from their networked environment at any time
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Standards
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Interoperability
- Economies of scale
- Lowering entry barriers
- Operational costs
Launch standards mandates to address issues related to IoT
IoT standards to be developed in an open, transparent and
consensual manner
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Research and Development
Research and Development: Finance FP7 research projects
Public-Private Partnerships: ‘green cars’, ‘energy-efficient
buildings’, ‘Factories of the Future’ and ‘Future Internet’
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Openness to innovation
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Multiple stakeholders
New applications
Interoperability
New business models
Innovation and pilot projects: promoting the deployment of
IoT applications by launching pilot projects through CIP
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Institutional awareness
Institutional Awareness: The European Commission will
inform European Institutions and relevant stakeholders about
IoT developments
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International Dialogue
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Borderless Applications
EU-US lighthouse
EU-China dialogue (CESI)
EU-Japan dialogue (METI)
International dialogue to promote the lines of action laid
down in the Communication
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Environment and Monitoring
RFID in recycling lines: To assess the difficulties of
recycling tags and the benefits and nuisances that the
presence of tags can have on the recycling of object
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IoT - The role of Standards
• What do standards offer
• Governing through standards
• The world of standards
• EU Policy driven standards
• Planning
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What do standards offer
• Uniform terminology
• Makes benchmarking possible
• Integration – single market
• Co-regulation vs. Self-regulation
• Conformity Assessment
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Governing through standards
• Consensus based
• Industry
• Social actors
• Government
Law
EN – European norm
Standard
• Standards and Norms
• Co-regulation
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IoT standards?
The IoT addresses a large set of domains (ex.):
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EN50364:2001 (RFID and health) – rev. 2009-11-1
WEEE directive (recycling of electronic waste)
Signs and indicators
Frequency spectrum standards
Data formats
Applications (EU internal market enabler)
Network
Sensors
Privacy and security (M/436)
Smart meters standard mandate
Environment
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EU policy-driven standards
Source: A Qualitative Impact Assessment of Possible EU Policies
Towards ICT Standardisation Consortia - Kai Jakobs & Knut Blind
Standards mandate
EU Commission
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Mandates planning 2009 - 2013
Roadmap standards
IoT
Support IoT Communication
• Silence of the chips
2013 IoT phase 2
• Governance standards
• (EU) integration
• Applications
2011 IoT phase 1
• sensor networks
RFID
Support Recommendation
2011 RFID phase 2
• Sign and Emblem design
• Privacy impact assessment
• (EU) integration
2009 RFID phase 1
• Applications
• Spectrum, Identifiers, …
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For more information on IOT and RFID visit the policy pages of the
European Commission:
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/rfid/index_en.htm
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