IS/ISO/IEC 30161-1: 2020
Internet of Things (IoT) — Data Exchange Platform for IoT Services — Part 1 General Requirements and Architecture
This Indian Standard, identical to ISO/IEC 30161-1:2020, specifies requirements and architecture for an Internet of Things (IoT) data exchange platform (IoT DEP) — a set of functional blocks that abstracts IoT data and exchanges it between IoT users, gateways and devices. It covers middleware allowing IoT and legacy services to co-exist, end-point performance across networks, IoT-specific functions, the service network framework and implementation guidelines. Cloud and edge computing are excluded.
The IoT DEP sits at the application layer, works independently of communication media and protocols, dynamically controls traffic to deliver the requested quality of service (QoS), and validates communication paths and devices. Network configurations are aggregated into three types, and four deployment cases are defined: Case A (at the edge of services), Case B (at nodal points in networks), Case C (integrated into an IoT gateway) and Case D (integrated into IoT devices).
Six functional blocks are specified, applied per case as in Table 1: communication access control (protocol processing, abstraction of lower layers and isolation of IoT traffic from other traffic), data control (caching to reduce traffic), data translation (assembling data blocks from device signals), IoT control, IoT management (failure monitoring) and adaptation. The platform connects to TCP/UDP through conventional sockets and avoids modifying existing Internet infrastructure.
Operations include pre-set transfer routes, data collection requests without DNS, caching-based data transfer using information-centric network (ICN) technologies, and synchronized (CCN interest/data) or asynchronized (MQTT publish/subscribe) access schemes. Annex A gives implementation guidelines, while informative annexes describe ICN protocols and use cases such as farm product tracking, endpoint monitoring and industrial energy management.
Last Updated on October 15, 2026
