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Korean operator says interoperable standards will ‘dramatically expand’ Internet of Things ecosystem.
SK Telecom on Thursday successfully demonstrated interworking between two different Internet of Things (IoT) standards: oneM2M and Open Internet Consortium (OIC).
The oneM2M standard is designed to support communication between remotely-located devices, while OIC is aimed at connecting devices in close proximity to one another.
"Interworking between different IoT standards is important as it can dramatically expand the overall IoT ecosystem by boosting the development of IoT products and services that can seamlessly interoperate regardless of standards," said SK Telecom, in a statement.
Four partners helped SK Telecom with the demonstration. They were Samsung, the Korean Electronics Technology Institute (KETI), microcontroller maker Atmel, and machine-to-machine (M2M) module maker Axstone.
The demonstration itself saw OIC-based devices developed by Samsung and Atmel being controlled via a smartphone connected to SK Telecom’s ThingPlug IoT platform, which is based on oneM2M. Bridging the gap between the two standards was a gateway featuring a oneM2M-OIC interworking solution developed by KETI and Axstone.
"The demonstration will usher in a new world of IoT, where IoT devices of all standards can be seamlessly connected, thus providing customers with unprecedented value via a wide variety of new use cases," SK Telecom said.
