The Brazilian delegation that participated in the meeting of the Study Commission on IoT and Smart Cities, promoted between May 6 and 16, 2018 by the ITU – International Telecommunication Union, the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies ( ICTs), with the participation of Tiago Barros, chief engineer of the Internet of Things area at CESAR – Instituto de Inovação, who has been researching these technologies since 2014 and positioning himself as an international reference on the subject.
Alongside Werter Padilha, coordinator of the IoT Committee at ABES, João Alexandre Zanon and Rodrigo Santana dos Santos, both from Anatel, Tiago was responsible for presenting the Brazilian architecture proposal for Internet of Things devices in this important global standardization forum. and standardization in ICTs, suggested by CESAR to the Brazilian government.
“CESAR participates in CBC 3 (Brazilian Communications Commission – Telecommunications Standardization) and we worked, together with Anatel, to present to the ITU a proposal for an architecture recommendation for Internet of Things devices. I was very happy to see that the contribution was very well received and praised by the participants of the Commission for being a complete, concise and clear study”, highlighted Barros.
With recommendations to solve a central challenge of the IoT ecosystem: the fundamental patterns for connecting things to platforms that are very different from each other. “The technical needs to connect a light bulb are much smaller compared to the particularities of connecting a TV or a car, for example”, explained the researcher. Therefore, the proposal brings criteria for the classification of devices and, from this classification, presents recommendations for the architecture of an IoT platform.
The evaluation steps
The document “An architectural reference model for Internet of Things devices” went through several stages of evaluation in the groups that make up the ITU IoT and Smart Cities Study Commission, until it was taken to the plenary meeting and considered as an item of work. The proposal will now be matured with ITU members until approval, scheduled for the end of 2019. After approval of the recommendation, it will be evaluated by around 190 ITU member countries, who have a period of one year to evaluate and express themselves if they do not wish to individually adhere to the recommendations and standards.
Barros assessed that the Brazilian recommendations were well received, because they are strongly aligned with the way in which other countries and entities have already designed devices for the Internet of Things and provide consistent parameters. “In Cairo, we received contributions from other countries, the GSMA and the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force), the body responsible for the technological development of the Internet, the migration from IPv4 to IPv6. The entire document validation flow is based on a very diplomatic approach, approaching interests and cooperation. It was an important learning experience for me to participate in this meeting”, he concludes.
Responsible for the Brazilian delegation in Cairo, regulation coordinator at Anatel and member of the executive secretary of CBC3 (Brazilian Communications Commission – Telecommunications Standardization), João Alexandre Zanon highlights the relevance of the contributions of science and technology institutes, such as CESAR, of the associations and companies in the construction of the proposals and studies that Brazil takes to the meetings of the ITU and other international organizations.
“The result of this dialogue between the government, research centers and the corporate world only strengthens our performance and contributes to the recognition of the country as an important player in the global ICT market, as we proved at this ITU meeting. I would like to take this opportunity to remind you that the Brazilian Communications Commissions are open to the participation of society in general and new participants are always welcome”, concludes Zanon.
Alongside Werter Padilha, coordinator of the IoT Committee at ABES, João Alexandre Zanon and Rodrigo Santana dos Santos, both from Anatel, Tiago was responsible for presenting the Brazilian architecture proposal for Internet of Things devices in this important global standardization forum. and standardization in ICTs, suggested by CESAR to the Brazilian government.
“CESAR participates in CBC 3 (Brazilian Communications Commission – Telecommunications Standardization) and we worked, together with Anatel, to present to the ITU a proposal for an architecture recommendation for Internet of Things devices. I was very happy to see that the contribution was very well received and praised by the participants of the Commission for being a complete, concise and clear study”, highlighted Barros.
With recommendations to solve a central challenge of the IoT ecosystem: the fundamental patterns for connecting things to platforms that are very different from each other. “The technical needs to connect a light bulb are much smaller compared to the particularities of connecting a TV or a car, for example”, explained the researcher. Therefore, the proposal brings criteria for the classification of devices and, from this classification, presents recommendations for the architecture of an IoT platform.
The evaluation steps
The document “An architectural reference model for Internet of Things devices” went through several stages of evaluation in the groups that make up the ITU IoT and Smart Cities Study Commission, until it was taken to the plenary meeting and considered as an item of work. The proposal will now be matured with ITU members until approval, scheduled for the end of 2019. After approval of the recommendation, it will be evaluated by around 190 ITU member countries, who have a period of one year to evaluate and express themselves if they do not wish to individually adhere to the recommendations and standards.
Barros assessed that the Brazilian recommendations were well received, because they are strongly aligned with the way in which other countries and entities have already designed devices for the Internet of Things and provide consistent parameters. “In Cairo, we received contributions from other countries, the GSMA and the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force), the body responsible for the technological development of the Internet, the migration from IPv4 to IPv6. The entire document validation flow is based on a very diplomatic approach, approaching interests and cooperation. It was an important learning experience for me to participate in this meeting”, he concludes.
Responsible for the Brazilian delegation in Cairo, regulation coordinator at Anatel and member of the executive secretary of CBC3 (Brazilian Communications Commission – Telecommunications Standardization), João Alexandre Zanon highlights the relevance of the contributions of science and technology institutes, such as CESAR, of the associations and companies in the construction of the proposals and studies that Brazil takes to the meetings of the ITU and other international organizations.
“The result of this dialogue between the government, research centers and the corporate world only strengthens our performance and contributes to the recognition of the country as an important player in the global ICT market, as we proved at this ITU meeting. I would like to take this opportunity to remind you that the Brazilian Communications Commissions are open to the participation of society in general and new participants are always welcome”, concludes Zanon.
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