{"id":5306,"date":"2014-10-08T15:09:34","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T15:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/internet-of-things\/?page_id=5306"},"modified":"2016-04-26T13:56:40","modified_gmt":"2016-04-26T12:56:40","slug":"iot-architecture-assumptions-informative-section","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/internet-of-things\/iot-architecture-assumptions-informative-section\/","title":{"rendered":"IoT Architecture Assumptions (Informative Section)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>IoT Architecture Assumptions<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Generalised IoT Device Architecture\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In order to ensure a common vocabulary is used within this document an illustration of a generalised IoT Device architecture is shown in Figure 1 below.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5254 alignleft\" style=\"margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;\" title=\"figure-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/internet-of-things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/figure-1-165x300.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" \/><\/em>IoT Device Host &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>The application specific environment containing the IoT Device e.g. vehicle, utility meter, security alarm etc.<br \/>\n<strong>IoT Device<\/strong>\u2013 The combination of both the IoT Device Application and the Communication Module.<br \/>\n<strong>IoT Device Application<\/strong>\u2013 The application software component of the IoT Device that controls the Communications Module and interacts with an IoT Service Platform via the communications module.<br \/>\n<strong>Communication Module<\/strong>\u2013 The communications component which provides wide area (2G, 3G, 4G) radio connectivity. Comprising of Communications Module Firmware, Radio Baseband Chipset and UICC<br \/>\n<strong>Communications Module Firmware<\/strong>\u2013 The functionality within the Communications Module that provides an API to the IoT Device Application and controls the Radio Baseband Chipset.<br \/>\n<strong>Radio Baseband Chipset<\/strong>\u2013 The functionality within the communications module that provides connectivity to the mobile network.<br \/>\n<strong>UICC<\/strong> \u2013 The smart card used by a mobile network to authenticate devices for connection to the mobile network and access to network services.<\/p>\n<p>IoT Device requirements can be found in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/internet-of-things\/3-iot-device-requirements\/\">section 3<\/a> of this document.<\/p>\n<p>IoT Device Application requirements can be found in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/internet-of-things\/4-iot-device-application-requirements-normative-section\/\">section 4<\/a> of this document.<\/p>\n<p>Communication Module (and Radio Baseband Chipset) requirements can be found in sections <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/internet-of-things\/5-communication-module-requirements-normative-section\/\">5<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/internet-of-things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/7-Connection-Efficiency-Requirements.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">7<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/internet-of-things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/8-Radio-Policy-Manager-Requirements.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">8<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/internet-of-things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/9-3GPP-Connection-Efficiency-Features.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">9<\/a> of this document.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Generalised IoT Service Architecture\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5497 aligncenter\" style=\"margin: 10px;\" title=\"2-IoT-Architecture-Assumptions\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/internet-of-things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2-IoT-Architecture-Assumptions.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/internet-of-things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2-IoT-Architecture-Assumptions.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/internet-of-things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2-IoT-Architecture-Assumptions-300x65.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>IoT Service Provider<\/strong> \u2013 The provider of IoT services working in partnership with a network operator to provide an IoT Service to an End Customer. The provider could also be an MNO.<br \/>\n<strong>IoT Service<\/strong> &#8211; The IoT service provided by the IoT Service Provider<br \/>\n<strong>IoT Service Platform<\/strong> &#8211; The service platform, hosted by the IoT Service Provider which communicates to an IoT Device to provide an IoT Service.<br \/>\n<strong>Mobile Network Operator<\/strong> &#8211; The mobile network operator(s) connecting the IoT Device Application to the IoT Service Platform<\/p>\n<p>IoT Service Provider requirements can be found in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/internet-of-things\/6-iot-service-provider-requirements-normative-section\/\">section 6<\/a> of this document.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IoT Architecture Assumptions Generalised IoT Device Architecture\u00a0 In order to ensure a common vocabulary is used within this document an illustration of a generalised IoT Device architecture is shown in Figure 1 below. 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