After discussions during the SG20 closing plenary, the creation of this work item was approved.
Concerning the Draft Recommendation ITU-T Y.4459 (ex Y.IoT-Interop), after discussions during the SG20 closing plenary, it was agreed that
TD1548-R5 could be posted as AR text for the Additional Review period.
TSB informed that no AAP announcement will be made on 1 January 2020 since ITU will be closed. Consequently, the AAP comment-submission deadline for Draft Recommendation ITU-T Y.4459 (ex Y.IoT-Interop) will be extended until 11 January 2020.
Work Programme
The updated work programme can be found here.
Newcomers' session
The newcomers' session took place on Tuesday 26 November 2019. Mr Marco Carugi, Q2/20 Rapporteur and ITU-T SG20 Mentor delivered the following presentations:
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TD1396 "ITU-T Study Groups: Newcomer presentation"
- TD1392 "E-learning course on Recommendation ITU-T A.1: Working Methods of ITU T Study Groups"
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TD1393 "Guidelines for the preparation of Contributions to ITU-T: Relevant ITU A-series Recommendation"
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TD1389 "ITU-T Document templates and delegate resources"
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TD1388-R2 "Template for A.25 justification information: Format for documenting a study group or working party decision"
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TD1452-R1 "Template for A.13 justification information: Format for describing a proposed new non-normative document in the work programme"
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TD1453 "Template for A.1 justification information: Format for describing a proposed new Recommendation in the work programme"
Summary of Questions' Results
Working Party 1/20
Question 1/20 - "End to end connectivity, networks, interoperability, infrastructures and Big Data aspects related to IoT and SC&C" summaryThe Associate Rapporteur of Q1/20 (Mr Chao Ma) opened the discussions and presented the draft agenda contained in
TD1381-R6.
Question 1/20 discussed four Contributions, eight incoming Liaison Statements and four FG-DPM Deliverables which were assigned to Q1/20 as contained in
TD1474. As a result, Q1/20 agreed to submit draft Recommendation ITU-T Y.SC-OpenData “Framework of open data in smart cities” to WP1/20 Plenary for consent. Q1/20 experts also agreed to initiate the following three draft new Recommendations and one draft new Supplement:
- Draft Recommendation ITU-T Y.DPM-framework “Data processing and management framework for IoT and smart Cities and communities”;
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Draft Recommendation ITU-T Y.DPM-interop “Requirements and functional model to support data interoperability in IoT environments”;
- Draft Recommendation ITU-T Y.DPM-qm “Requirements and functional model to support data quality management in IoT”;
- Draft Supplement ITU-T Y.Sup.Web-DM “Web based data model for IoT and smart city”.
During the meeting, Q1/20 experts made progressed on one ongoing draft Recommendation ITU-T Y.infra “Sensing device managament system for city infrastructure”. Q1/20 also produced nine output documents.The meeting report of Q1/20 (
TD1401-R5) was approved at the closing plenary of WP1/20.
Question 2/20 - "Requirements, capabilities, and use cases across verticals" summaryThe Rapporteur of Q2/20 (Mr Marco Carugi) opened the discussions and presented the draft agenda contained in
TD1382-R10.
The Question 2/20 meeting addressed 26 Contributions and 33 TDs. The meeting had lively exchanges and relevant inputs were provided by both physical and remote participants throughout the meeting sessions, in particular - but not limited to - with respect to the received Contributions.
The objectives for this meeting were to make progress to all existing work items, including - as key priority – to request for consent of two draft Recommendations, ITU-T Y.smartport “Requirements for interoperation of the Smart Port with the Smart City" and ITU-T Y.IoT-EC-reqts "IoT requirements for support of edge computing”, to request for agreement of draft Supplement ITU-T Y.Sup.SCC-Use-Cases “Use cases of smart cities and communities”, and to consider any new relevant input. One new work item proposal was also received at this meeting.
The Question made progress on 10 ongoing draft Recommendations and 2 ongoing draft Supplements. Q2/20 experts agreed to submit the following two draft Recommendations to the WP1/20 closing plenary for consent: ITU-T Y.smartport; and ITU-T Y.IoT-EC-reqts, and one draft Supplement for agreement: ITU-T Y.Sup.SCC-Use-Cases.
Two new work item proposals were agreed for submission to the WP1/20 closing plenary. Six out-going Liaison Statements were also agreed for submission to the WP1/20 closing plenary.
The meeting discussed on the “Future of Q2/20”. However, it was agreed that the main discussion should take place at the sessions scheduled on “Discussion on SG20 structure”.
The meeting report of Q2/20 (
TD1402-R3) was approved at the closing plenary of WP1/20.
Question 3/20 - "Architectures, management, protocols and Quality of Service" summaryThe Rapporteur of Q3/20 (Ms Shane He) opened the discussions and presented the draft agenda contained in
TD1383-R6.
The meeting considered in total 15 Contributions and 15 incoming liaison statements which were related to Q3/20. According to the Contributions and discussion, the 12 ongoing WIs have made good progress. During the meeting, it was agreed to send three draft Recommendations to WP1/20 meeting for consent including their respective A.5 Justification. Furthermore, two outgoing liaison statements were drafted and sent to WP1 meeting.
The meeting report of Q3/20 (
TD1403-R3) was approved at the closing plenary of WP1/20.
Question 4/20 - "e/Smart services, applications and supporting platforms" summaryThe Rapporteur of Q4/20 (Mr Gyu Myoung Lee) opened the discussions and presented the draft agenda contained in
TD1384-R8.
At the meeting, Question 4/20 discussed 22 Contributions. Q4/20 produced 32 output documents including the meeting report.
Q4/20 experts submitted for consent the following draft Recommendations:
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Draft Recommendation ITU-T Y.del-fw: Framework of delegation service for IoT devices;
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Draft Recommendation ITU-T Y.IoT-BoT-fw: Framework of blockchain of things as decentralized service platform;
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Draft Recommendation ITU-T Y.IoT-VLC: Framework of IoT Services based on Visible Light Communications;
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Draft Recommendation ITU-T Y.ISG-fr: Framework of smart greenhouse service.
Additionally, draft Supplement ITU-T Y.Sup.4409 “Implementation Guidelines to Recommendation ITU-T Y.4409” was submitted for agreement. Q4/20 also submitted seven new work items for agreement and prepared 3 outgoing liaison statements. The living list on "Analysis and applications of smart cities service based on social media platform" was prepared as contained in
TD1566.
The meeting report of Q4/20 (
TD1404-R3) was approved at the closing plenary of WP1/20.
Working Party 2/20
Question 5/20 - "Research and emerging technologies, terminology and definitions" summaryThe Rapporteur of Q5/20 (Mr Sébastien Ziegler) opened the discussions and presented the draft agenda contained in
TD1385-R7.
A new work item has been agreed, namely draft Recommendation ITU-T Y.smart-oceans “Overview of smart oceans and seas, and requirements for their ICT implementations”, based on Contribution
C641-R1, the output documents are available as
TD1482 and
TD1483-R1.
Progress was made on the draft Supplement ITU-T Y.Sup.Interact-P-D-cities “Interaction between physical and digital cities for building smart sustainable city” based on Contribution
C640-R1. The latest version of the Supplement is contained in
TD1485. Q5/20 experts agreed to continue working on this draft Supplement and submit it for agreement to the next meeting.
Progress was made on draft Supplement ITU-T Y.Sup.AI4IoT “Unlocking Internet of things with artificial intelligence” based on Contribution
C698 and
TD1477-R2. Q5/20 experts made suggestions for improvement on the content of the text and agreed to continue working on this work item.
Finally, Q5/20 compiled the response to the incoming LS on approval of new terms and definitions received from SCV (TD1508), stating the support of SG20 to the activities of SCV by inviting all editors to share identified new terms and definitions with SCV as early as possible while maintaining overall work efficiency. The liaison statement also transmits the deliverable prepared by the Focus Group FG-DPM on the definitions adopted by the FG.
The meeting report of Q5/20 (TD1405-R3) was approved at the closing plenary of WP2/20.
Question 6/20 - "Security, privacy, trust and identification for IoT and SC&C" summary
The Rapporteur of Q6/20 (Mr Abdulhadi AbouAlmal) opened the discussions and presented the draft agenda contained in
TD1386-R14.
Q6/20 has held several sessions with the following objectives:
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to progress the work on existing draft Recommendations;
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to discuss any new work items;
- to discuss incoming liaison statements and prepare responses;
- to generate outgoing liaisons, as necessary, and
- to discuss the possible way forward on draft Recommendation ITU-T Y.4459 and the table of comments resolution.
Good progress has been made through discussions on a number of draft Recommendations under the list of ongoing work items (WIs). Three new work items Y.Sup.Pot_API4IOT, YSTR.Feas-DID-IoT and Y.Data.Sec.IoT-Dev were submitted to WP2/20 for consideration.
A proposal for a new work item ITU-T Y.IoT-CSIADE-fw "Reference framework of converged service for identification and authentication for IoT devices in decentralized environment" was also discussed. The A.1 justification and baseline texts were updated to reflect the concerns expressed by different members. However, no consensus was reached in the Q6/20 meeting and this item was deferred to WP2/20 plenary. As no agreement was reached during the WP2/20 plenary, this work item was deferred to the SG20 closing plenary for further discussion (see above).
One Draft Recommendation ITU-T Y.IoT-Agility "Agility by design for Telecommunications/ICT Systems Security used in the Internet of Things" was submitted for consent.
Q6/20 worked on the preparation of the Additional Review text of Draft Recommendation ITU-T Y.4459 (ex Y.Iot-Interop). The discussion on this item was deferred to the WP2/20 plenary. As no consensus was reached at the WP2/20 Plenary, the discussion was deferred to SG20 plenary (see above).
The meeting report of Q6/20 (TD1406-R4) was approved at the closing plenary of WP2/20.
Question 7/20 - "Evaluation and assessment of Smart Sustainable Cities and Communities" summary
The Co-Rapporteurs of Q7/20 (Mr Okan Geray and Mr Keng Li) opened the discussions and presented the draft agenda contained in
TD1387-R6.
Q7/20 has held several meeting sessions between 27 November and 6 December 2019. The objectives for these sessions were to:
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progress the work on existing draft Recommendations,
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discuss new work items,
- discuss incoming liaison statements and prepare responses,
- generate outgoing liaisons, as necessary.
In this meeting, Q7/20 received six Contributions and one document from the ITU FG DPM; no specific incoming liaison statement for Q7/20 was received. All the incoming liaison statements to SG20 and its Questions have been reviewed and discussed.
Significant progress has been made on a number of draft Recommendations under the ongoing work items list (WIs).
Two new work item proposals, draft Supplement Y.Sup-SSC-UCE and draft Recommendation Y.AUIIP-SSC were submitted for consideration to WP2/20 plenary.
Additionally, three new work item proposals (Y.AFDE-SSC, Y.AFDC-SSC and Y.Sup.DCVCS) based on
ITU FG DPM D5 (which was assigned to Q7/20 during the SG20 plenary) were submitted to WP2 for approval. At the WP2/20 and SG20 closing plenary, it was agreed to not approve these new work item and include them in the living list as contained in
TD1604. Draft Recommendation ITU-T
Y.4903rev “Key performance indicators for smart sustainable cities to assess the achievement of sustainable development goals” was decided to be submitted for consent (TD1581).
Draft Recommendation ITU-T
Y.IoT-EH-PFE “Performance evaluation frameworks of e-health systems in the IoT”, which was planned for consent at this meeting, has been discussed in detail. It was decided that it will be proposed for consent at the next SG20 meeting due to content and editorial issues.
Existing work items have been updated according to the discussions on the relevant contributions submitted.
The meeting report of Q7/20 (TD1407-R4) was approved at the closing plenary of WP2/20.
Rapporteur group meetings (including e-meetings)
The complete list of planned meetings and e-meetings can be found at: http://www.itu.int/net/ITU-T/lists/rgm.aspx?Group=20&type=interim
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Focus Group on Data Processing and Management to support IoT and Smart Cities & Communities (FG-DPM)
The FG-DPM Chairman presented the report of the 8th and last meeting of the FG-DPM (Geneva, 15-19 July 2019), as contained in
TD1395. Additionally, the FG-DPM Chairman presented the following liaison statements:
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TD1372 - LS/i on final deliverables of ITU-T FG-DPM;
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TD1374 - LS/i on deliverables of ITU-T FG-DPM.
A list of FG-DPM deliverables proposed to be assigned to ITU-T SG20 Questions was presented during the SG20 opening plenary, as contained in
TD1474. The deliverables were discussed during the Questions sessions and the following has been agreed:
D2.1 - Data processing and management framework for IoT and smart cities and communities
| 1/20
| A new work item was created to develop a Recommendation
| Y.DPM-framework
| Data processing and management framework for IoT and smart cities and communities
| TD1533-R2 A.1
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D2.3 - Web based data model for IoT and smart city
| 1/20
| A new work item was created to develop a Supplement | Y.Sup.Web-DM | Web based data model for IoT and smart city | TD1534-R1 A.13
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D3.3 - Framework to support data interoperability in IoT environments
| 1/20
| A new work item was created to develop a Recommendation | Y.DPM-interop | Requirements and functional model to support data interoperability in IoT environments
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D4.4 - Framework to support data quality management in IoT
| 1/20
| A new work item was created to develop a Recommendation | Y.DPM-qm | Requirements and functional model to support data quality management in IoT | TD1546-R3 A.1
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Part of D3.3 - Framework to support data interoperability in IoT environments
| 4/20
| A new work item was created to develop a Recommendation taking into consideration part of D.3.3 from the FG-DPM and Recommendation ITU-T Y.4452
| Y.eHealth-Semantic | Architecture of web of objects based semantic mediation model in eHealth service | |
D3.7 - Blockchain-based data management for supporting IoT and SC&C
| 4/20
| A new work item was created to develop a Recommendation | Y.DPM-BC-DM | Blockchain-based Data Management for supporting IoT and SC&C | |
D3.5 - Overview of blockchain for supporting IoT and SC&C in DPM aspects
| 4/20
| A new work item was created to develop a Supplement
| Y.Sup-DPM-OBC | Overview of blockchain for supporting IoT and SC&C in DPM aspects | |
D3.6 - Blockchain-based data exchange and sharing for supporting IoT and SC&C
| 4/20
| A new work item was created to develop a Recommendation | Y.DPM-BC-ES | Blockchain-based data exchange and sharing for supporting IoT and SC&C | |
D3.2 - SensorThings API - Sensing
| 4/20 | A new work item was created to develop a Recommendation | Y.DPM-ST-API | SensorThings API - Sensing | |
Q2/20, Q6/20 and Q7/20 experts also discussed on the deliverables assigned to their Questions and have agreed to keep these work item in the living list of their respective Questions and to encourage SG20 members to submit Contributions to the next SG20 meeting.
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