History and Summary of
N-ID Activities in ITU-T
Yong-Woon KIM ([email protected])
HyoungJun KIM ([email protected])
ETRI, Korea
Contents
1. ITU-T TSAG Activities
2. ITU-T CG-RFID Activities
3. ITU-T JCA-NID Activities
4. ITU-T SGs Activities
5. Conclusions
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1. ITU-T TSAG Activities (1/4)
• March 2005
– A contribution on N-RFID standardization initiative of ITU-T
– At Chairmen’s meeting
• TD14 (Standardization on Network based RFID) by SG11 Chair, Mr.
Yukio Hiramatsu, with proposing:
– To consider a possible workshop on Network Based RFID to be lead by
the ITU-T (forming a steering committee to prepare for the WS)
– To establish a FG or an Other Group to see the interests from
members as well as the market needs within a limited time frame.
– To decide the structure for the study on Network Based RFID
– TSAG established CG-RFID
• To evaluate ITU-T std. requirements for RFID taking account into
studies closely performed by ITU-R and other SDOs;
• To report results on discussions; and
• To propose a possible structure for carrying out RFID studies within
ITU-T
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1. ITU-T TSAG Activities (2/4)
• April 2005
– Workshop on “Ubiquitous Network Societies” was held by
SPU (Strategy and Policy Unit) of ITU.
– Agreed that “continuing fragmentation in RFID standardsetting” called for “concerted efforts towards global
harmonization of RFID standards, so as to ensure smooth
and rapid technological advance in the field.”
• April 2005
– Chairman of SG16 took leadership of the steering
committee to organize a workshop, “Networked RFID:
Systems and Services”, 14-15 February 2006.
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1. ITU-T TSAG Activities (3/4)
• May 2005
– TSB of ITU produced a Lighthouse technical paper, “RFID–
Opportunities for mobile telecommunication services”
• February 2006
– NRFID workshop held in Geneva, dealing with NRFID
issues and sensor network issues
• July 2006
– CG-NID deliverables were presented
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TD259, “business models and service scenarios”
TD260, “standardization issues”
TD261, “proposed ITU-T strategy”
TD271, “convener’s report with a collection of terms and definitions”
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1. ITU-T TSAG Activities (4/4)
• July 2006 (cont’d)
– Proposals of CG-NID
• The standardization topics should be taken by ITU-T.
• Urgent standardization topics should be started immediately, with
results to be developed as quickly as possible.
• Joint Coordination Activity is required to coordinate the works on
standardization topics identified across the various SGs.
• Focus Group is required to be established in order to deal with the
urgent standardization topics
– Conclusions
• Editorial revisions of the reports were done: TD259  TD314,
TD260  TD315, TD261  TD316, TD271  TD317
• JCA-NID was established.
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2. ITU-T CG-RFID Activities (1/6)
• March 2005
– Created by ITU-T TSAG
• August 2005
– A discussion paper, “Networked RFID (NRFID)”, released,
dealing with three categories of base network infra: public
Internet, mobile communication network, and NGN.
– With email discussions, following points were raised:
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Information on ITU-T activities on NRFID
Information on other SDOs activities
Definition of NRFID and its philosophy
Proposed Table of Contents for CG report
Possible work items for collaborative standardization
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2. ITU-T CG-RFID Activities (2/6)
• November 2005
– Contributions:
• D28, “Network-based RFID Applications and their Standardization
Topics from ITU-T's perspective”
• D29Corr.1, “Coordination within ITU-T SGs to keep leading
standardization initiatives of ITU-T on RFID systems and
services/applications as an ITU-T’s Technology Watch activity”
• D36, “A proposed new work item on object/ID associations”
• D39, “Philosophy of Networked RFID Technologies and Applications”
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2. ITU-T CG-RFID Activities (3/6)
• November 2005 (cont’d)
– Conclusions:
• CG-RFID, renamed as CG-NID (network aspects of identification
(including RFID))
• Appointment of editors for the drafting groups for three review
reports: Terms and Definition, Business Models and Service
Scenarios, and Technical Issues of Standardization
• Holding a face-to-face meeting along with the NRFID workshop to
be held in Geneva, 14-15 February 2006
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2. ITU-T CG-RFID Activities (4/6)
• February 2006
– Key contributions
• Initial drafts for CG-RFID deliverables:
– Terms and Definitions related to network aspects of identification
(including RFID)
– The discussion document on Business Models and Service Scenarios
for network aspects of identification
– Review report of Standardization Issues on Network Aspects of
Identification including RFID
• Contributions:
– Proposal for dividing the report of “Review Report of Standardization
Issues on Network Aspects of Identification including RFID” into two
reports of standardization issues and proposed recommendations for
ITU-T
– Initial draft text for “Proposed ITU-T strategy for standardization issues
on network aspects of identification with harmonized standardization
collaborations”
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2. ITU-T CG-RFID Activities (5/6)
• February 2006 (cont’d)
– A tentative list of topics of common interest was created as
a result of NRFID workshop under the leadership of Mr.
Probst, chairman of the workshop steering committee.
– Conclusions
• Editing schedules for the drafts were proposed.
• The report for standardization issues were divided into “Review
Report of Standardization Issues on Network Aspects of
Identification including RFID” and “Proposed ITU-T strategy for
standardization issues on network aspects of identification with
harmonized standardization cooperation”.
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2. ITU-T CG-RFID Activities (6/6)
• May 2006
– Interim meeting in Seoul.
– Contributions
• Draft reports for business models, standardization issues and
proposed ITU-T strategy.
– Conclusions
• List of standardization topics with identification of high-priority items
was made.
• Both JCA and Focus Group needs to be considered for structure for
future work in ITU-T.
• List of external bodies mapped to list of standardization topics was
made.
• July 2006
– Final reports were presented at the ITU-T TSAG meeting.
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3. ITU-T JCA-NID Activities
• September 2006
– Conclusions
• No further work on CG-NID deliverables but just inclusion of texts
partly, if necessary.
• List of functions of the report of business models and service
scenarios don’t refer to basic network capabilities. More study is
needed and NGN-GSI can be helpful for the work.
• Following works are needed:
– High level requirements dealing with target service models,
standardization issues, service reference model, network interface,
roadmap, etc.
– Roadmap
– Reference service architecture
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4. ITU-T SGs Activities (1/9)
• SG11
– May 2005
• TD115, “network attachment aspect of networked RFID system”,
was presented at Q7/11, dealing with basic architecture model
developed by ISO and its general technical aspects involved in
Network Attachment Control.
– September 2005
• D58, “signaling architectures and requirements of networked RFID
systems”, was presented at Q7/11.
– January 2006
• D113, “classification of networked RFID services and approach for
consideration of impacts on network”, covering an example NRFID
service architecture.
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4. ITU-T SGs Activities (2/9)
• SG13
– September 2005
• D195, “impact of network-based RFID on NGN with regard to B2C
RFID applications”, added as a living list item of Q3/13
• D196, “review of a network-based RFID standardization activity for
B2C RFID applications”, added as a living list item of Q2/13
– January 2006
• Contributions
– Q2/13: D451, “Initial draft Recommendation on NGN service
requirements for ID-based applications (Y.idservreqs)”
– Q3/13: D450, “Initial draft Recommendation on functional requirements
and architecture of the NGN for ID-based applications and services
(Y.idarch)”
• Conclusions
– Q2/13: Draft Recommendation work was approved as “Y.idserv-reqts”.
– Q3/13: still living list item
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4. ITU-T SGs Activities (3/9)
• SG13
– July 2006
• D759, “Proposal of detail description texts and some new items for
NGN Service Requirements for ID-based Applications (Y.idservreqts)”
• TD274, revised Y.idserv-reqts, adopting D759
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4. ITU-T SGs Activities (4/9)
• SG16
– April 2006
• D317, “Proposed Principle & Service to be standardized based on
the use of networked identification (including RFID)”
– August 2006
• Contributions
– AVD-2906, “A proposal for studying the presence service using RFID”
– AVD-2907, “Some service scenarios of one-code and multi-uses on
network aspects of identification”
– AVD-2935a, “Proposal of next steps of networked ID standardization
activity in SG16 based on the analysis of information delivery
applications”
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4. ITU-T SGs Activities (5/9)
• SG16
– August 2006 (cont’d)
• Questions raised during Q22/16 discussions
– What are the differences between the proposed networked ID coding
method and existing technologies such as IPv6 addresses?
– What advantages does the proposed information location resolution
mechanism have over current methods like DNS?
– How security will be considered?
– How should networked ID be used in conjunction with traditional ID like
ISBN?
– How do we distinguish “good” use cases and “bad” ones so that we
can be more focused? What more use cases can we foresee?
– Do the use cases described by AVD-2906 and AVD-2907 fit in the
model proposed in AVD-2935?
– Can we design use cases more practical in real world with more
considerations for such constraint conditions?
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4. ITU-T SGs Activities (6/9)
• SG16
– August 2006 (cont’d)
• Next steps
– Invite more contributions on more representative use case and the
generic model
– Better our understanding of networked ID issues and related subjects
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4. ITU-T SGs Activities (7/9)
• SG17
– October 2005
• D116 (proposal for the study on a security framework for mobile
RFID applications as a new work item on mobile security), identified
as a further study item of Q9/17
• D117 (considerations for the guideline on the protection of personal
information and privacy for RFID), identified as a further study item
of Q9/17
– April 2006
• D146R1, “New work item proposal on multi-UIIs resolution
architecture for ID-based applications including RFID”
– New OID assigned for NID applications: “2.23” for a short arc to save
memory consumption
– A new draft Rec. work for this OID assignment and management
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4. ITU-T SGs Activities (8/9)
• SG17
– April 2006 (cont’d)
• D150, “Proposal for the profile based privacy protection framework
for the RFID application services”
– Further study is needed.
• D152, “A new work item proposal for URN representation for
identification codes”
– Included as a part of OHN (Object Hierarchical Names)
• D153, “A new work item proposal for directory service in ID-based
application”
– A new attribute for X.520 was added to support NID applications.
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4. ITU-T SGs Activities (9/9)
• SG17
– September 2006
• Interim meeting was held in Ottawa, Canada.
• CAN-Doc-5, “Privacy protection framework for networked RFID
services based on a user privacy policy profile”, approved as a draft
Rec. work, “X.rfidsec-1”, at Q9/17.
• CAN-Doc-15, “Guideline on the protection of personal information
and privacy for RFID”, approved as a draft Rec. work, “X.rfpg”, at
Q6/17.
• SG6
– September 2006
• L.idmd, “ID Tag Requirements for Infrastructure and Network
Elements Management”, dealing with RFID tag and QR code tag.
• Entered into the AAP process in L.64.
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5. Conclusions
• It seemed that JCA-NID was trying to redo the CGNID works.
– Expected JCA-NID deliverables:
• High level requirements dealing with target service models,
standardization issues, service reference model, network interface,
roadmap, etc.
• Roadmap
• Reference service architecture
• Various ITU-T SGs have already launched standards
development works.
– It seems that we can go directly to proper ITU-T SGs for
NID standardization.
• CJK are major contributors for NID standardization.
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