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Title: Challenges and Opportunities for M2M


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DOCUMENT GSC15-PLEN-57
FOR Presentation for Information
SOURCE CCSA (Huawei Technologies)
AGENDA ITEM 6.12
CONTACT(S) Dr. Zhong Luo
Challenges and Opportunities for M2M
Dr. LUO Zhong (Noah) Deputy Director of
Department of Industry Standards Huawei
Technology Co., LTD
Global Standards Collaboration (GSC) GSC-15
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An Emerging Market
  • M2M (Machine to Machine) is defined as data
    communications between entities that do not
    necessarily involve direct human interaction.
    Also known as MTC (Machine-Type Communication)
    within 3GPP, USN (Ubiquitous Sensor Networks) in
    ITU-T, or as the Internet of Things.
  • Corresponding improvements to network
    implementations supporting these solutions are
    required.
  • Applications utilizing M2M are considered as
    critical to Smart Grid capabilities and energy
    efficiency.

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New Opportunities Identified
  • M2M is returning to the forefront as an
    application for service providers.
  • Drivers are both market-based and regulatory
  • M2M holds the promise of bringing benefit to both
    telecom operators and vendors
  • The opportunity may be a blue ocean for service
    providers... because low-bandwidth M2M services
    can be readily overlaid onto the current user
    services network.
  • Vendors are expecting to profit from selling both
    M2M-capable devices, and from the network
    expansion brought about by increased throughput.

4
Some Highlights on M2M Standards
CCSA TC10 - new Technical Committee set up in
early 2010, focusing on Ubiquitous Network
standardization.
5
M2M standards in CCSA (1)
  • TC10 is the leading Technical Committee in CCSA
    focusing on Ubiquitous Network (UN)
    standardization in China. Its intended to
    provide high-quality telecom standards to support
    the applications of M2M in different industries.
  • This new TC was set up in February 2010. More
    than 200 delegates from all kinds of companies
    attended the first TC10 meeting in Beijing,
    including many potential industry users of the UN
    specifications.

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M2M standards in CCSA (2)
  • 4 Working Groups are set under TC10 and more than
    20 technical specifications are expected to come
    out at the end of year 2011
  • WG1 Design, Architecture Common Requirements
  • WG2 Requirements from Industry Applications
  • WG3 Network Improvement to Support the
    Applications
  • WG4 Extension between Telecom Networks and
    Sensor Networks
  • Close collaboration between TC10 and existing TCs
    in CCSA - a couple of joint research/standards
    projects between TC10 and the following TCs
  • TC1 WG2
  • TC3 WG4
  • TC5 WG3, 4, 7, 8, 9
  • TC8 WG2

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Current Issues
  • Industries without an embedded communication
    infrastructure tend to favor a Service
    Provider-centric solution. Service Providers
    provide them with application platforms, custom
    or standardized devices, and the data
    transmission pipe.
  • Infrastructure industries such as electricity,
    petrol and railway, already have dedicated
    communication networks. It is possible for them
    to build M2M systems independent of the Service
    Providers networks.
  • Mobile Operators interest in deploying M2M
    applications immediately on 3G or LTE network is
    low.
  • Because of the competitive price position of 2G
    devices, and low aggregate M2M traffic, operators
    appear willing to deploy M2M initially on
    existing 2G infrastructures.
  • Most SDOs take small steady steps towards new
    specifications, rather than rushing into new
    standards.
  • Operators have not yet seen sizeable revenues
    from M2M , and so are cautious about investment
    in network capacity and/or capabilities to
    support it.

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Challenges to Telecom Industry
  • Business model and value chain
  • Some carriers already have M2M applications in
    their networks. However, charging models still
    tend to be unsophisticated per meter per month
    or total Bytes transmitted impeding revenue
    opportunities.
  • There are questions regarding the role of
    operators in the value chain. Most service
    providers do not expect significant revenue in
    the short-term.
  • Problems remain in optimization of the network
    for M2M specific service.
  • Device Price vs. Economies of Scale
  • There is a chicken or egg dilemma between the
    ability to drive down device/chipset costs and
    the need to deploy in vast quantities.

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Next Steps for M2M
  • Service Providers need to reduce the overall cost
    brought by introducing M2M business
  • Avoid network CAPEX only for the sake of M2M
  • Drive cost reductions in M2M terminal devices
  • Network resource consumption for M2M terminals is
    different from existing voice/data devices, so
    optimization is needed to reduce the overall cost
    of the operators
  • Minimize the impact on the existing
    conversational/interactive services, currently
    the main profit source for service providers
  • Charging models need to be refined, and
    potentially based on pre-subscribed
    features/capabilities, rather than connection
    time (MoU) or data volume (bytes)
  • Competition with non-Telecom service and
    application providers will increase, so quick
    movement into the market is essential.
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