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 Strategist
Samsung 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 IoT
references 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…

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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
guym@osg.samsung.com

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