Standardized M2M Service Capabilities Layer Software and APIs
Thanks to advances in wireless communications, embedded systems, and IP networking, Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications provide a huge opportunity for growth in M2M Service Applications. Future M2M Solutions are envisioned to connect billions of existing and new devices, ranging from high-end smart mobile terminals to low-cost resource-constrained wireless sensors or Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags. M2M technologies can be beneficially applied to a broad range of use cases for smart grid, telematics, eHealth/mHealth, vehicular networking and systems, industry control, home automation, and environmental monitoring.
Current M2M markets, however, are highly fragmented. Various vertical M2M solutions have been designed independently and separately for different applications, which inevitably impacts or even impedes large-scale M2M deployment. Today’s deployments also pose additional technical challenges in managing large amounts of disparate M2M devices, security guarantee, and service discovery.
The ETSI TC M2M standard can help accelerate the development and reuse of service layer solutions. This white paper illustrates how InterDigital’s suite of M2M solutions allow Solution Providers to capture the full potential of their M2M businesses.
InterDigital’s Standardized Machine-to-Machine Software Development Platform (M2MSDP) provides a standard M2M middleware solution with a common Application Programming Interface (API) for scalable and horizontal M2M services, featuring:
- Scalable Service Platform: Supports Server-to-Server, Gateway-to-Gateway, Device-to-Device peer communications and interactions to significantly improve scalability, reliability and security. Additionally, standards-based dIa/mId/mIa reference points are also supported;
Standardized End-to-End (E2E) Solution: Integrates all M2M entities from M2M Devices, M2M Gateways, to M2M Servers as an E2E and fully ETSI-compatible solution with Converged M2M Gateway to facilitate advanced local proxy and bulk management for massive devices behind the Converged M2M Gateway;
Service-Oriented Architecture: Supports peer Service Capabilities (SCs) for M2M Devices, M2M Gateways, and M2M Servers including, but not limited to, Application Enablement (AE), Generic Communications (GC), SECurity (SEC), Remote Entity Management (REM), and Interworking Proxy (IP). Advanced features include platform-agnostic and smooth binding with HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)
RESTful Architecture: Supports a Client/Server-based RESTful architecture and a hierarchical resource tree, simplifying and optimizing resource manipulations for a broad range of M2M Devices, especially constrained M2M Devices. Enables quick and efficient M2M application development;
Flexible Application API: Supports modular design and allows for use of different application protocols (CoAP, HTTP, etc) and different implementations (of these protocols) without rework.
Lightweight Device Management: Supports RESTFul and lightweight device management approach catering for M2M requirements, especially from constrained M2M Devices;
Automated Service Discovery: Significantly reduces management costs and automates the deployment process by removing human involvement and offline provisioning;
Autonomous Integrity Validation: supports policy-based M2M Devices and M2M Gateways integrity validation to improve reliability and dependability;
Going forward, InterDigital’s M2MSDP will incorporate context-aware design, collaborative and cognitive networking, and cloud-based services to smoothly evolve into future Internet-of-Things (IoT), facilitating global networking of connected devices in a RESTful and more efficient fashion.
Standardized M2M Software Development Platform
