I Believe CSP can move few steps ahead.
in terms of the Security :
1. some how restrict the network to access the IOT SIM to speak only the IOT platform ( the data collection /receiving platform).
2. IOT vendors / CSP should be able to develop analytics based on the Machine learnings ( since CSP has huge Volumes of Data flowing,
Having said that , It is not necessary that CSP can Violate the data security restrictions by sharing the data of one vendor to other vendor) ,
there should be some standard Set globally as to what kind of data can be taken Ideally this should refined data ( final machine learnt data).
3. CSP should not be restricted only to selling Bandwidth , they should move one more step by providing the solution for the IOT tracking of various industries.
4. IOT platform should not be restricted only to data collection from various sensors ,they should be in a position to analyze and refine the data
to provide various next steps based on its Machine leaning or intelligent advice based on the data received.
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Ramanujam GS
Wipro Technologies
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Original Message:
Sent: 02-22-2017 01:38
From: Jihad Khairallah
Subject: Reference Model for IoT
I totally agree with you Graham. CSPs can have a lot more to offer than network connectivity.
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Jihad Khairallah
Ericsson Inc.
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Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2017 04:14
From: Graham Cobb
Subject: Reference Model for IoT
I would say that there is a lot more that CSPs can offer than just "mediating" or "back end storage". Massive IoT requires a large amount of management, with very diverse requirements.
Consider a livestock tracking application: a new cow is born on a farm; the farmer takes one of the supply of inactive collars he has bought from a tracking company, turns it on and attaches it to the calf; the device suddenly appears on the network and must be recognized, inventoried, connected and firewalled appropriately (a virtual network slice may need to be extended to include it); the tracking company must be notified and must confirm the farmer has paid his bills and that the device should remain on the network and be tracked; the software version must be checked and upgraded if necessary; the farmer and/or the app company must be charged as defined in the contract (one-off, time-based, message-based, or whatever); etc. And all with a device that is probably connected over a very low speed connection, only turns on periodically in order to make its battery last for the life of the cow and which has to be a low cost service. Of course, the requirements for tracking trucks are very different (high speed movement, lots of power available, lots of money available) even though apparently similar.
If we consider consumer IoT (smart TVs, webcams, etc) the requirements are different again. These have high speed connections (probably over the consumer's high speed broadband) and major issues are things like security (of the device, of the consumer's personal data and of the network), remote software version management and upgrade, remote control, etc.
Plenty of opportunities for CSPs to add a lot of value and take a significant cut of the revenues (although those revenues may individually be very small for some applications).
Regards
Graham Cobb
Ericsson