ISO/IEC 21823-2:2020
(Main)Internet of Things (IoT) - Interoperability for IoT systems - Part 2: Transport interoperability
Internet of Things (IoT) - Interoperability for IoT systems - Part 2: Transport interoperability
IEC 21823-2:2020 (E) specifies a framework and requirements for transport interoperability, in order to enable the construction of IoT systems with information exchange, peer-to-peer connectivity and seamless communication both between different IoT systems and also among entities within an IoT system. This document specifies:
• transport interoperability interfaces and requirements between IoT systems;
• transport interoperability interfaces and requirements within an IoT system
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ISO/IEC 21823-2
Edition 1.0 2020-04
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
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Internet of things (IoT) – Interoperability for IoT systems –
Part 2: Transport interoperability
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 3
INTRODUCTION . 4
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms and definitions . 5
4 Network connectivity for transport interoperability . 6
5 Overview . 7
5.1 Network connectivity model and interfaces between IoT systems . 7
5.2 Network connectivity model and interfaces within an IoT system . 8
5.3 Network connectivity stack model . 10
6 Requirements for network connectivity between IoT systems . 12
6.1 Overview. 12
6.2 Network interfaces between different IoT systems . 13
6.2.1 Network service interface . 13
6.2.2 Network protocol translation interface . 13
6.2.3 Network resource interface . 13
6.3 Requirements of network connectivity . 13
6.3.1 General . 13
6.3.2 Service-related requirement . 13
6.3.3 Communication-related requirement . 14
6.3.4 Network resource-related requirement . 14
6.3.5 QoS requirement . 14
6.3.6 Bandwidth requirement . 15
6.3.7 Signalling requirement . 15
6.3.8 Status monitor requirement . 15
6.3.9 Security requirement . 15
6.3.10 Time-dependent requirement . 15
7 Requirements for network connectivity within an IoT system . 15
7.1 Overview. 15
7.2 Network elements for supporting network connectivity . 16
7.2.1 Network service interface . 16
7.2.2 Network protocol translation interface . 17
7.2.3 Network resource interface . 17
7.3 Gateways for supporting network connectivity . 17
Bibliography . 18
Figure 1 – Facets of IoT interoperability . 6
Figure 2 – Network connectivity model between two IoT systems . 7
Figure 3 – Network connectivity model within an IoT system . 9
Figure 4 – Network connectivity stack model between IoT systems . 10
Figure 5 – Network connectivity stack model within an IoT system . 11
Figure 6 – The connectivity between different IoT systems . 12
Figure 7 – The connectivity within an IoT system . 16
INTERNET OF THINGS (IoT) –
INTEROPERABILITY FOR IoT SYSTEMS –
Part 2: Transport interoperability
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International Standard ISO/IEC 21823-2 was prepared by subcommittee 41: Internet of Things
and related technologies, of ISO/IEC joint technical committee 1: Information technology.
The list of all currently available parts of the ISO/IEC 21823 series, under the general title
Internet of Things (IoT) – Interoperability for IoT systems, can be found on the IEC and ISO
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INTRODUCTION
Internet of Things (IoT) systems involve communications among different entities. This applies
to connections between different IoT systems. It also applies to the many connections that exist
within IoT systems. The various entities and their connections are described in ISO/IEC 30141.
The ISO/IEC 21823 series addresses issues that relate to interoperability of the
communications between IoT systems entities, both between different IoT systems and within
a single IoT system. ISO/IEC 21823-1 describes a general framework for interoperability for IoT
systems. This includes a facet model for interoperability which includes five facets of
interoperability: transport; syntactic; semantic; behavioural; policy. This document
(ISO/IEC 21823-2) addresses the transport interoperability for IoT systems. The semantic facet
of interoperability will be addressed in a future International Standard (ISO/IEC 21823-3). The
potential other parts address the syntactic facet, the behavioural facet and the policy facet of
interoperability.
As described in ISO/IEC 30141, IoT systems have multiple different types of networks
connecting the various system entities – network connectivity, addressing the transport facet of
the interoperability model, is thus of great importance in the description of interoperability for
IoT systems. The different networks need to be combined to provide the necessary network
connectivity between entities which are attached to each of the networks – in short, to enable
those entities to be interoperable. An example are the centralized applications and services
which need to receive data from remote sensors, or issue commands to remote actuators.
Network connectivity is the name given to the methods by which the various networks in an IoT
system are connected to one another. This document specifies a framework and requirements
for transport interoperability, in order to enable the construction of IoT systems with information
exchange, peer-to-peer connectivity and seamless communication both between different IoT
systems and also among entities within an IoT system.
To provide seamless communication and interaction between and within networks, it is
important to solve network level
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