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Connecting Things

Integrating Objects to Create New
Networked Services

An ever increasing number of everyday machines and objects
are now embedded with sensors or actuators and have the
ability to communicate over the Internet. Collectively they make
up the Internet of Things (IoT). The IoT draws together various
technologies including Radio Frequency Identification (RFID),
Machine-to-Machine (M2M) service platforms and Wireless
Sensor Networks. Potential applications and services include smart
devices, smart cities, smart grids, the connected car, eHealth,
home automation and energy management, public safety and
remote industrial process control.

Industry analysts estimate that, during 2016, over 6 billion set of updated oneM2M Release 1 specifications as ETSI
IoT devices were in use worldwide, with that figure set to Technical Specifications (TSs). These specifications cover the
reach 20,8 billion by 2020. The IoT is changing the way we requirements, the architecture, Application Programming
live and work through new and innovative services. As a Interfaces (APIs), security and mapping to common
result, it offers unprecedented opportunities for creating industry protocols. The updated specifications incorporate
and commercialising new devices and applications. As IoT improvements based on early implementation experience as
devices continue to saturate society, standardisation is key to well as the first oneM2M interoperability test specifications.
achieving universally accepted specifications and protocols Most importantly, however, the updated standard presents
for true interoperability between devices and applications. the industry with the first scalable and future-proof platform
upon which it can invest and develop IoT applications,
without fear of vendor lock-in or the need to commit to one
oneM2M connectivity technology.

ETSI and oneM2M By the end of 2016, oneM2M’s specifications were being
ETSI is one of the founding partners used by a number of independent Open Source foundations
in oneM2M, the global standards and projects, in addition to commercial deployments in
initiative for M2M and the IoT. Europe, South Korea and elsewhere in Asia, particularly
oneM2M brings together 14 partners for smart cities and transport systems. oneM2M has
including eight of the world’s leading Information and made various resources available to support developers
Communications Technologies Standards Developing implementing oneM2M specifications, including XML code,
Organisations, as well as representatives of different the oneM2M Application ID registry and an email list to
industry sectors. The European Committee for answer technical questions and provide a direct link to the
Standardisation (CEN) and the European Committee experts who wrote the oneM2M specifications.
for Electrotechnical Standardisation (CENELEC) joined
in June, increasing oneM2M’s European presence. By Release 2 was published in September. Its 17 new
the end of the year, membership numbered over 200 specifications include enhanced security, features for home
companies. and industrial deployment and semantic interoperability.
They also include interworking with popular IoT device
Further information at: www.oneM2M.org ecosystems, thus greatly increasing the number of devices
that can connect seamlessly with one another. In addition,
oneM2M provided user-friendly APIs and guidelines for
oneM2M draws together the many diverse IoT-related application developers.
business domains including telematics and intelligent
transportation, healthcare, utilities, industrial automation Work then began on Release 3 which was expected to be
and smart homes. The initiative is developing specifications issued towards the end of 2017. This will focus on the use
that will enable users to build platforms by which devices of oneM2M for industrial IoT and will include interworking
and services can be connected, regardless of the underlying support for industrial technologies and improved support
technology used, thus enabling interoperability across IoT for 3GPP-standardised mobile IoT technologies such as
applications. oneM2M’s specifications will thus reduce Narrowband IoT. Smart cities will also be addressed. In
complexity for the application developer and lower costs for addition, Release 3 will include support documentation and
service providers. tools to assist developers.
Each oneM2M partner standards body publishes oneM2M oneM2M held two interoperability events in 2016, organised
specifications as its own local specifications, thereby by ETSI and the Telecommunications Technology Association
ensuring there is one global set of specifications, recognised (TTA) of Korea: one in Seongnam, South Korea, in May, based
in each region. In March 2016, we published the complete on Release 1 specifications, and the other in November/

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