IoT for Smart Cities
Where we are at and where we could be
Olga Cavalli
CCAT LAT
Argentina
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Forum on "Powering Smart Sustainable
Cities With the Internet of Things”
5th ITU Green Standards Week
ITU Centre
of Excellence
ICT Training for Latin America and the Caribbean - 1987
Telecom regulations – Internet networks – Spectrum
management – Mulitistakeholder environments
ICT Infrastructure – Internet Governance
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Present and future urban challenges
• Urban residents growing + 60 M Year
• 60 % world’s population will be
living in cities by 2050
• + 100 cities of 1 M pops will be built
in the next 10 years
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Where should we be in 2030?
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Goal 9. Build resilient
infrastructure, promote inclusive
and sustainable industrialization
and foster innovation
• Develop quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient
infrastructure, including regional and trans-border
infrastructure, to support economic development and human
well-being, with a focus on affordable and equitable access
for all
• By 2030 upgrade infrastructure and retrofit industries to
make them sustainable, with increased resource use
efficiency and greater adoption of clean and
environmentally sound technologies and industrial
processes, all countries taking action in accordance with their
respective capabilities
• Significantly increase access to ICT and strive to provide
universal and affordable access to internet in LDCs by 2020
Goal 11. Make cities and human
settlements inclusive, safe, resilient
and sustainable
• Provide access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable
transport systems for all, improving road safety, notably by
expanding public transport, with special attention to the
needs of those in vulnerable situations, women, children,
persons with disabilities and older persons
• Reduce the adverse per capita environmental impact of
cities, special attention to air quality, municipal and other
waste management
• Increase the number of cities and human settlements
adopting and implementing integrated policies and plans
towards inclusion, resource efficiency, mitigation and
adaptation to climate change
What can be changed
with IoT?
Artificial Light
• City’s identity + safety + business + tourism
• Lighting = 19 % of all electricity consumed
• One-third of the world’s roads are still lighted
by old technology
• LED lighting + smart controls = energy savings
What can be changed with IoT?
Water - Internet
• 2.5 B people lack access to improved
sanitation
• 748 M people lack access to improved
drinking-water
• Digital divide between developed and
developing countries: 2015 Internet
users representing 82 % and 35 %
respectively
What about the infrastructure?
IPV6 Adoption: developed and
developing countries
Source: https://www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6/statistics.html#tab=per-country-ipv6-adoption&tab=per-country-ipv6-adoption
Opportunity:
IoT allows objects to be sensed and controlled
remotely across existing network infrastructure
Improved efficiency, accuracy and economic
benefit
50 b‘things’ will be connected to the Internet by
2020
Things should talk to each other -New divide?
Adoption of IPV6
Avoid polarized development: smart cities should
be a priority for developing countries
Why global
standards
are relevant?
• Drive competitiveness, for individual
businesses and world economy
• Lower prices
• Reduce technical barriers
• Foster interoperability
• Manufacturers, network operators and
consumers
• Reduce negative impacts on the environment
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ITU-T Study Group 20
(SG20)
 Responsible for international
standards to enable the
coordinated development of IoT
technologies, including machineto-machine communications and
ubiquitous sensor networks.
 Address the standardization requirements of Internet of
Things (IoT) technologies, with an initial focus on IoT
applications in smart cities and communities (SC&C).
 Development of standards that leverage IoT
technologies to address urban-development challenges.
SG20 Structure
Title
PLEN
Question 1/20
Working Party 1
Question 2/20
Question 3/20
Question 4/20
Working Party 2
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Research and emerging technologies including terminology and
definitions
Internet of Things (IoT)
Requirements and use cases for IoT
IoT functional architecture including signalling requirements and
protocols
IoT applications and services including end user networks and
interworking
Smart cities and Communities (SC&C)
Question 5/20
SC&C requirements, applications and services
Question 6/20
SC&C infrastructure and framework
See: http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/studygroups/2013-2016/20/Pages/structure.aspx
List of Questions: http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/studygroups/2013-2016/20/Pages/questions.aspx
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Next steps: lets work together
• Stakeholders work in collaboration to
enhance infrastructure and profit from the
use of new technologies
• Stakeholders should work to avoid new
divides or gaps: smart cities in all countries,
up to date infrastructure in all countries
Thanks!
Gracias!