Several stakeholders (SDOs, industrial companies, research, academia and

projects) are actively collaborating to review existing IoT standards, determine

how they can be improved, identify the standardization gaps and propose 5-6
areas and topics for being address by the standardization bodies.
The IERC initiated this mapping exercise in 2013, to better understand the
breadth and diversity of current IoT standardization initiatives identify the
standardization gaps between actual standards and future requirements and
propose solutions and recommendations for addressing these gaps in a
number of selected areas. Specific objectives are:
The identification and presentation of the major activities undertaken
in the SDOs that have a focus on IoT and IoT technologies with
reference to the other areas (cloud computing, networks, wireless
protocols, identification, naming, addressing, etc.)
Map out the most significant IoT standardization initiatives from the
main SDOs
Analyze where there are similarities and differences between these
initiatives
Consider where there are significant gaps and overlaps and current lack
of specific activity on IoT as identified by SDOs and the involved
stakeholders.
Present a recommendation/position on few areas where the IoT
standardization has to be addressed in the next period, and propose to
address these through standardization mandates.
The final goal is to use the position paper as basis for making
recommendations for future IoT standardization activities such as:
Work items promoted in the SDOs (eg, through a mandate) to support
the specification of metrics and supporting test and validation criteria
to be used in the assessment of IoT.
Work items promoted in the SDOs (eg, through the means of a
mandate) to support the development of a taxonomy for IoT.

 As a very large part of system of systems IoT is enabled by features and

capabilities not covered by the conventional telecommunications SDOs,
those SDOs should be encouraged to build links from their work to the
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output of bodies dealing with those ancillary features (eg, power, heat,
light, flood control, environmental control, and access, ie, transport
links to get maintenance staff to site for repairs) and the applications in
different sectors (smart grid, transport, healthcare, smart cities, etc.)
The position paper is a living document that will be subject to future changes,
modifications and additions, and updated once per year.
The work is done in cooperation with European and international groups in
order to present a truly global point of view.