Standardization and challenges of smart ubiquitous networks in ITU-T

Author

Lee, Chris S. ; Gyu Myoung Lee ; Woo Seop Rhee

Volume

51

Issue

10

fYear

2013

fDate

Oct-13

Firstpage

102

Lastpage

110

Abstract

ITU-T has been developing smart ubiquitous networks (SUN) as a near-term realization of future networks. This article introduces key concepts and frameworks of SUN as telecommunication infrastructures for emerging smart and ubiquitous environments in terms of capabilities and architectures. As a challenge for SUN development, we identify context awareness as a key capability for providing "smartness," and propose methodologies and operational processes to support context-aware networking including a functional model. Finally, we illustrate a use case of SUN considering a smart city, and discuss future work and open issues for SUN standardization in ITU-T.

Keywords

home automation; next generation networks; standardisation; telecommunication standards; ubiquitous computing; ITU-T; SUN standardization; context awareness; context-aware network; functional model; future network; smart city; smart ubiquitous network; telecommunication infrastructure; ubiquitous environment; Cities and towns; Communications technology; Context-aware services; Monitoring; Resource management; Ubiquitous computing; Urban areas;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCOM.2013.6619572

Filename

6619572