SOURCE TTA TITLE Standardization topics on network based

SOURCE: TTA TITLE: Standardization topics on network based RFID services and Cooperation for harmonized standards development AGENDA ITEM: Joint 4. 7 CONTACT: Hyoungjun KIM, ETRI, khj@etri. re. kr GSC 11(06)_JOINT_55 Standardization topics on network based RFID services and Cooperation for harmonized standards development 28 May ~ 2 June, 2006 Hyoung. Jun KIM TTA/ETRI GSC: Standardization Advancing Global Communications

GSC-10 Resolution (1/3) • GSC-10 recognized – that, in the past, applications of RFID were focused on systems working in a local environment and on specific areas like logistic, supply chain management, access control, etc. and there is now a wide potential range of applications for both B 2 B (Business to Business) and B 2 C (Business to Consumer) use; – that RFID are increasingly becoming integrated elements of complex applications, for which networking capabilities are needed; and telecommunications services can also includes service capabilities based on RFID (e. g. RFID reader in mobile phones for presence indication, mobile payment, local information retrieval); and so on. GSC: Standardization Advancing Global Communications

GSC-10 Resolution (2/3) • GSC-10 considered – that international standards for a number of applications already exist and that additional standards are necessary for effective global solution deployment in both B 2 B & B 2 C scenarios; – that different standards organisations are best positioned to produce the different types of standards necessary; – that the ITU has a technology watch initiative on RFID; and that ISO/IEC is developing international standards for aspects of the RFID systems solution; – the importance of the coordination in the development of global standards due to the complexity of the subject in terms of technical, regulatory (e. g. radio communication and spectrum issues), communication interface (i. e. networking) and legal aspects; and so on. GSC: Standardization Advancing Global Communications

GSC-10 Resolution (3/3) • GSC-10 resolved – To encourage Participating Standards Organizations (PSOs) and other standards bodies to develop globally compatible RFID standards, including frequency use, radio requirements, system protocols and Automatic Identification Data Capture (AIDC) type network interfaces; – To consider both radio issues and telecommunications issues for RFID/AIDC standardization; and so on. GSC: Standardization Advancing Global Communications

Proposal • Some added and revised texts are proposed to be included in the RFID HIS resolution of the GSC-11 meeting. – GSC-11 recognized: • There are many new standardization topics on networked B 2 B, B 2 C and B 2 B 2 C RFID applications; and • A focus group is taken into account at ITU-T to create a common work place for all RFID matters. – GSC-11 considered: • Close cooperation with SDOs is required due to different and limited work scopes. GSC: Standardization Advancing Global Communications

Proposal – GSC-11 resolved: • To encourage harmonized standards development; and • To make a formal procedure of ITU-T with PSOs and SDOs to set up close cooperation for and develop harmonized and globally compatible RFID-related standards. GSC: Standardization Advancing Global Communications

RFID developed in B 2 B GSC: Standardization Advancing Global Communications

RFID evolved in B 2 C GSC: Standardization Advancing Global Communications

New challenges in B 2 C RFID • Existing RFID-related standards cover only B 2 B RFID. • Characteristics of B 2 B and B 2 C B 2 B Goal • Content distribution • Work flow automation Service user • Human • Business logic Service terminal • Cell phones • PDA, PC, POS, etc. Contents • information, voice, music, game, video, etc. • Contents for the five senses of human • Business-related Information Network • Expensive wireless network based • Low cost wire network based User property • Dynamic • Static GSC: Standardization Advancing Global Communications

Standardization topics (1/6) • Rationale: new service requirements require more standards and some extensions. • Service requirements analysis – Existing ARP (Application Requirements Profile) is for B 2 B applications. – B 2 C and B 2 B 2 C have different requirements. • Reader, tag and smartcard integration – B 2 C terminal needs reader, tag and smartcard features all together. • Application data protocol extension – ISO/IEC 15961 might need some extensions to support tagbased B 2 C RFID applications. GSC: Standardization Advancing Global Communications

Standardization topics (2/6) • ID code identification – A variety of code schemes and even private codes exist. – How to distinguish them and how to process a code need to be defined. • ID code representation – A processed ID code is just a bit string. – How to denote ID needs to be defined. • Ex. : 1. 2. 3, 1: 2: 3, 123, etc. • Ex. : 0 x. CF. 0 x 8 E. 0 x 83. 0 x. EB, 0317. 0216. 0203. 0353, 3482223595, etc. GSC: Standardization Advancing Global Communications

Standardization topics (3/6) • ID code naming – “ 1. 2. 3. 4” is IPv 4 address or ID? – Name is much better than numeric code. – A unique name is needed. (ex. urn: ip: v 4: 1. 2. 3. 4) • Application data encoding – ISO/IEC 15961 & 15962 provides a framework of tag data encoding. – EPCglobal provides its tag data format. – But, application user data encoding is not specified yet. • One-code, multi-uses requirement – A single code must be associated with a single physical object and multiple logical objects. GSC: Standardization Advancing Global Communications

Standardization topics (4/6) • Code resolution protocol – A resolution infrastructure needs to be established. – Candidate protocols: DNS, IRIS, X. 500, LDAP, etc. • ENUM extension, in case of using DNS, – “e. 164. arpa” is a special domain for E. 164 resolution into a URI. – Another special domain will be helpful for a code resolution into a URI. • Directory interoperability – There may be many different directory infra. (ex. EPC directory via ONS, Japan’s UID directory, IRIS directory, Korea’s ODS directory, etc. ) – Directory interoperability needs to be considered. GSC: Standardization Advancing Global Communications

Standardization topics (5/6) • Reader management protocol – JTC 1/SC 31 and EPCglobal are working on this, but focusing on B 2 B-purposes readers. – B 2 C models have different requirements for B 2 C-purposes reader systems. • Service gateway architecture – Service broker may be exploited for B 2 C to give subscribers value-added services. – Architecture and relevant protocols need to be considered. GSC: Standardization Advancing Global Communications

Standardization topics (6/6) • Password acquisition protocol – kill and lock features require a proper password. • Privacy control architecture and protocols – Private information may be leaked easily. – A privacy control architecture may be exploited to manage access privileges to private information. – Relevant protocols may be followed. • Adult verification – Even boys and girls below 10 are using cell phones. ID applications can make they access to adult contents very easily. GSC: Standardization Advancing Global Communications

Relevant SDOs (1/3) • ITU-T – Covers application and network aspects of identification including RFID. • ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31/WG 4 – Covers the scope between tags and an RFID application system via multiple RFID readers except for application and network aspects. – WG 4/SG 1 deals with application interface protocol and data encoding. – WG 4/SG 3 deals with air interface protocols. GSC: Standardization Advancing Global Communications

Relevant SDOs (2/3) • EPCglobal – Has more extended work scopes including application and network aspects than ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31/WG 4. But it focuses on B 2 B applications. • ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 17 – Deals with smartcard issues, for examples, air interface protocols, data encoding, etc. • ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27 – Deals with security techniques. • IETF – Deals with directory-related issues such as LDAP, DNS, etc. GSC: Standardization Advancing Global Communications

Relevant SDOs (3/3) • OMA – Deals with content negotiation for cell phone environment GSC: Standardization Advancing Global Communications

Conclusion and Proposal (1/3) • Relevant SDOs have different work scopes. • There are many prospective additions and extensions to existing RFID-related standards. Due to limited work scopes, – Some of them correspond to ITU-T’s prospective work items; – Some of them correspond to cooperation work items with other SDOs; and – Some of them are likely to be other SDOs’ work items. • Therefore, close cooperation is required to develop harmonized and globally compatible RFID-related standards. GSC: Standardization Advancing Global Communications

Conclusion and Proposal (2/3) • A leading formal action of ITU-T is required to set up close cooperation with PSOs and SDOs and develop harmonized and globally compatible RFID-related standards. • So this contribution proposes following added and revised texts: – GSC-11 recognized: • There are many new standardization topics on networked B 2 B, B 2 C and B 2 B 2 C RFID applications; and • A focus group is taken into account at ITU-T to create a common work place for all RFID matters. – GSC-11 considered: • Close cooperation with SDOs is required due to different and limited work scopes. GSC: Standardization Advancing Global Communications

Conclusion and Proposal (3/3) – GSC-11 resolved: • To encourage harmonized standards development; and • To make a leading formal procedure of ITU-T to set up close cooperation with PSOs and SDOs and develop harmonized and globally compatible RFID-related standards. GSC: Standardization Advancing Global Communications