This document proposes an IoT architecture based on RINA (Recursive InterNetwork Architecture) to address the key challenges facing IoT - interoperability, fragmentation, cost and security. It describes an architecture with IoT devices accessed by IoT Application Processes (IoTAs) managed by an IoT Application Manager. Network Management Agents (NMAs) monitor different IoT network systems and report to a distributed IoT Management Application. This architecture aims to standardize IoT networking and reduce protocol complexity through the use of RINA, improving interoperability, speed of adoption and security for IoT systems.

1. IoT Architecture Based on
RINA
7th Interna*onal RINA Workshop, February 2020, Paris, France
M. Rizinski, J. Day, L. Chitkushev
Boston University

2. IoT Potential
14.2 billion
things
2019
25 billion
things
2021
$11.1
trillion a
year
2025
Source: Gartner & McKinsey 2

3. IoT Challenges
Interoperability 1
Fragmenta*on 2
Cost 3
Security 4
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4. Current Approach
Literature tends to focus
on middleware and abstrac*ons
to hide the underlying technologies
LiXle work has been done to
eliminate the root cause of
fragmenta*on (number of protocols)
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5. IoT is Network Management
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6. Elements
Ø IoT device (A-to-D interface) is accessed by IoTAs
Ø IoTAs belong to an IoT DAF (IoT DAF is managed by an IoT Applica*on Manager)
Ø IoT network: different systems with its own Network Management Agent (NMA)
Ø NMAs belong to the NMA DAF
Ø NMAs report to a Distributed Management System (DMS is the IoT Management Applica*on)
Ø DMS is distributed across IoT Managers and IoT Sub-Managers
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7. IoT Architecture Based on RINA
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8. IoT Architecture Based on RINA
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9. RINA Benefits in IoT
Reduced protocol
complexity
Improved
standardiza*on
and *me-to
-market
Improved security
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10. Thank you!