Reshaping Business Through IoT: Key Technology Factors to Consider
IoT Hetero - split
1. Towards Open, Heterogeneous IoT
Dr. Alan Messer
Vice President/Head Advanced Technology
Samsung Electronics Silicon Valley
2. Contents
• What is IoT?
• IoT @ CES
• IoT Ecosystem Problem
• Samsung and this Problem
• IoT Standards and Open Source
• Open Tech Challenges
3. What is IoT?
WiFi Devices Linked to the Internet
Home AV Connected Devices?
Smartgrid? Industrial Uses?
Low Power Mesh Network?
4. What is IoT?
WiFi Devices Linked to the Internet
Home AV Connected Devices?
Smartgrid? Industrial Uses?
Low Power Mesh Network?
All of them, of course
IoT has been around for years!
Billions of devices since ~2010
5. IoT @ CES 2015
• IoT was on every floor, in every hall
Thermostat Control
6. IoT Ecosystem Problem
• Most ‘solutions’ require their own app or
proprietary ecosystem
• Switching App is not a good user experience
7. And the Problem is Getting Worse…
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Allthoseothercompanies
aroundtheworldand
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8. And the Problem is Getting Worse…
+
Allthoseothercompanies
aroundtheworldand
competingwiththese
Piecemeal integration
is not scalable
for a future mass market
9. Interoperability is also Complex
Communication
Protocol
Data
Across1000+manufacturers
With10,000’sSKUs
Simply getting the connectivity to work
reliably can sometimes be hard.
10. Interoperability is also Complex
Communication
Protocol
Data
Security
Across1000+manufacturers
With10,000’sSKUs
Security is hard because it has to be
lightweight AND usable
11. Interoperability is also Complex
Communication
Protocol
Data
Security
Across1000+manufacturers
With10,000’sSKUs
Discovery
Setup
Devices must also be simple to install
not matter what network or vendor
12. Interoperability is also Complex
Communication
Protocol
Data
Semantic
Performance
Security
Across1000+manufacturers
With10,000’sSKUs
Discovery
Setup
The data expectations between devices
can differ on corner cases and metrics
13. Interoperability is also Complex
Communication
Protocol
Data
Semantic
Performance
Privacy
Security
Across1000+manufacturers
With10,000’sSKUs
Discovery
Setup
Privacy is critical given the sensitive data
often implicitly or explicitly collected
14. Interoperability is also Complex
Communication
Protocol
Data
Semantic
Performance
Application
Out of box experience
Privacy
Security
Across1000+manufacturers
With10,000’sSKUs
Discovery
Setup
To avoid returns/unhappy users, there
must be a great out of box experience
15. Heterogeneous Open IoT
• The only way to overcome these problems is to:
1. Assume a heterogeneous world with open access
• No central ‘owner’ of the IoT world, assume a many
‘homed’ world
2. Cross-layer collaboration between manufacturers
• Apps thru Comms to Privacy/Security
3. Make it easy for users to setup and use
• Reliably with a system assembled over time
20. Open Technical Challenges 2/2
Interoperability Ease of Setup Scalability
Tech
CloudServicesPhone,Tablet,PC,TV,etc…Things&Wearables
IoT Cloud
Services
Reporting &
Control
Smart
Devices
Peer-to-Peer
Things &
Wearables
Bridging &
Forwarding
Client to
Cloud
Internet STUN/TURN Internet
LE
Protocol level
Interoperability
App level
Interoperability
Semantic Interop
Out-of-box Experience
Meeting User
Expectations
Use Case Coverage
Volume of User
Devices
Number of Device
Categories
Support Over Time
21. Summary
• IoT is not new but has exploded into many new areas
– Result of low power and low cost CPUs and wireless
• Heterogeneity and Interoperability are key, otherwise
the current IoT push will stay niche
– Please use one of the many standards and/or open source
projects rather than proprietary
• Many problems remain unsolved for massive market
success
– Lots of opportunities for companies and engineers
everywhere
