The Future of IoT: Why We Need the Open Interconnect Consortium

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The Future of IoT

Why We Need the Open Interconnect Consortium

Guy Martin

Senior StrategistSamsung Open Source Group


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Agenda

• IoT Market

• IoT Challenges

• The Open Interconnect Consortium (OIC)

– Vision

– Strategy

– Value Proposition

– Membership/Operations

• OIC Roadmap for the Future

– Common Standard

– Open Source Reference Implementation

– How to Get Started


Internet of Things

Market


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Internet of Things Market

• Gartner - IoT is ‘the most over-hyped’ tech of 2014

• Not a new concept – earliest modern IoTreferences in 1990s

• Many stakeholders in the space– Device Makers

– Corporate & ISV developers

– Consumers

– Service Providers

• Lots of predictions– Cisco: 50 Billion devices by 2020

– IDC: IoT products/services worth $7.1 trillion by 2020

– Gartner: IoT products services worth $300 billion by 2020


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• Significant market opportunities – Device/Sensor Makers

– Consumer Electronics

– Software Developers

– Infrastructure (Cloud) Providers

– Service Providers

– ???


Internet of Things

Challenges


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Internet of Things Challenges

• Different devices/capabilities– Micro (no screen, embedded, etc.)

– Mini (wearables)

– Standard (mobile devices, tablets, etc.)

– Macro (SmartHome collections, Cloud, etc.)

• Different operating systems

• Different vendors– How do you differentiate products?

• Security/data privacy

• Different user expectations


OIC Overview


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Framework for a Solution (OIC)


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Open Interconnect Vision

• Connect the next 50 billion IoT devices

• Provide secure, reliable

discovery/connectivity across multiple

OSs/platforms

• Create a single solution for majority of

vertical markets

• Drive industry consolidation around a

common interoperable standard

• Build a broad industry consortium of

companies creating a scalable solution


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Open Interconnect Strategy

A unique combination of Standards and an Open Source implementation

• Specification, certification & branding to deliver reliable interoperability

– Connectivity framework that abstracts complexity for developers

– Open specification that anyone can implement

– IP protection & branding for certified devices (via compliance testing)

– Service-level interoperability

• Open Source implementation to enable developers and device makers

– Android, iOS, Windows, Linux, Tizen, VX Works, single-threaded RTOSs

– Open governance model to allow for active code base contributors


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Open Interconnect Strategy

We need a way to

make IoT comms

as easy for

developers and

manufacturers as

connecting a

client to a server in

the Cloud.


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Open Interconnect Overall Value

“OIC is a standard and an open source

project that delivers “just-works”

interconnectivity for developers,

manufacturers and end users.”


OIC Membership &

Operations


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Open Interconnect Consortium Members

Diamond

Platinum

Gold


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High Level OIC Governance Structure


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OIC Membership & Participation

• One legal entity with one set of bylaws

– Board of Directors has fiduciary responsibility (financial, legal, etc.)

– Sets up working groups to accomplish goals

– Work group/task group structure defined by operation guidelines, not bylaws

• Operational guidelines cover interactions/day-to-day operations

– Companies may participate at many levels (depending on membership level)

– Standards and Open Source workgroups have differences in operation/tasks


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OIC Intellectual Property Rights Policy

• OIC is a royalty free organization

• Open Source – Apache 2.0

– Copyright & patent coverage for submitted code

• Standard – RANDZ

– IP pool covering “Compliant Portions” of a member company’s products


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OIC Operational Structure


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OIC Membership Costs & Benefits


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OIC Compliance & Testing


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OIC High Level Schedule/Roadmap


Summary & Next Steps


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How You Can Use OIC Technology

• Use the code from the open source project

– Open to any individual or company

– Availability will be announced soon – check www.openinterconnect.org

• Join as a Gold member

– Certify spec compliant apps and devices

– Use OIC branding

– Benefit from patent pool protection

– Go to www.openinterconnect.org for membership agreement, etc…

http://www.openinterconnect.org/

http://www.openinterconnect.org/


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How You Can Participate in OIC

• Contribute code to the open source project– Open to any individual or member company

• Participate in standards development– Open to Gold and above member companies and Individual members

• Vote on standards development; lead Work and Task Groups– Open to Platinum and above member companies

• One Director appointed to Board by each Diamond member company

– After two years, two directors elected from Platinum member companies’

nominations


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Q&A

and THANK YOU for your time.

Guy Martin

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