OneM2M is talking up its forthcoming Release 4 IoT standard saying it will make locating connected devices easier, accelerate application development and improve delivery of time information by devices.
Also, OneM2M says, Release 4 will include requirements to support fog and edge computing, advance developments in the industrial, railway and vehicular markets and support the use of IoT devices in public warning systems.
“One of the most exciting developments in Release 4 is that the oneM2M ‘service layer’ will now be able to detect when the clock on a connected device, such as a piece of diagnostic medical equipment for example, is not synchronised accurately with other devices,” OneM2M says.
This facility will, for example prevent inaccurate temperature or blood pressure readings being uploaded by a connected device.
“This not only has clear benefits for the patient and the medial professional reviewing the data but can also accelerate the use of IoT devices in the home healthcare sector enabling more care to be delivered outside of a medical facility,” OneM2M says.
Other enhancements in Release 4 include
- The service layer will be able to take on tasks that an app would previously have had to do by itself.
According to M2M, this will free up apps to work more quickly or to work on other functions and speed up the time it takes for new apps to be developed.
“For example, instead of the app itself, the oneM2M service layer could take on the task of automatically unlocking the front door of a home when the homeowner arrives and is identified by a facial recognition camera.”
- Locating connected devices will become easier
The service layer will be able to store location information and share it with any application which makes a location-based query.
“Perhaps an application wants to know what the temperature is in a certain location. Soon it will be able to make a ‘geo-query’ and the service layer will go and find it for the end-user.”
OneM2M published Release 1 of it IoT standard in February 2015. The current specification, Release 3 was ratified in December 2018. It has already publishednumerous draft technical specifications, technical reports and work items for Release 4 and some draft Release 5 specifications and reports, and has approved some work items.
