IoT International Symposium 2017
Panel Discussion “Future Direction of International Cooperation in IoT”

Trends in IoT Platforms
29 th March, 2017

Naoki NISHIKADO
Research Director, Social ICT Division
Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.
nskd@mri.co.jp

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IoT Platforms
IoT Platforms providing APIs for collecting, analyzing, and utilizing data by IoT are expanding.
IoT service based on platform function APIs creates real world big data which are accumulated in theplatform. The platform aims to provide better function through analysis of accumulated data byfencing in IoT service providers.
Issues for IoT service providers:
Each platforms have different function units and APIs. Easy to be locked in particular platform.
Platform tend to be “black box” where service providers do not know how their data are utilized.

Platforms

Data corresponding
to each companies’
real-world
environment

DBAnalysis Engine
AI Engine

Data acquisition infrastructurecommunication & device control
Using API functions

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1Cloud services

Examples of IoT Platform
Predix(GE)Watson(IBM)
Cognitive Service(Microsoft)
Google Prediction API

IoT Value Chain
The value chain shows IoT elements for enabling IoT service in various industry area.
A large part of the value added is estimated to belong to IoT Platform which provides functions
needed for developing IoT services.

Value Chain
Industry Area

Business Solution

IoT Platform

Connectivity

・ERP
・Inventory
management
・CRM・Marketing
・POS service

・ZigBee・Device・BLEmanagement
・Data collection ・LPWA
・Data analytics ・Wi-Fi
・3G/LTE・AI engine
・Rule Engine* Provided mainly・Billingby TelCos15-20%

30-40%

Chips, devices

EnergyFA・ManufacturingITS・Automobile
Smart Housing
Transportation

・Communication
modules・Smart Meters
・Automotive Eq.
・Office Eq.
・Game terminal
・Wearable Eq.

Health-care
Estimated Added Valueratio

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215-20%5-10%Smart cities based on IoT Platforms
MIC has been developing technologies on common infrastructure for implementing smart cities,
which constitute functions of IoT Platform.
Objective: In order to create various advanced IoT services, platform technologies such as
management of huge number of IoT devices, secure and efficient connectivity of IoT devicesused for different services or using different wireless systems are to be developed.
Implementation of IoT platforms for smart cities can be different by countries, local municipalities
or by business fields. In those case, it is necessary that functions constituting IoT platforms areinteroperable and could be interconnected.
Smart Community
Smart City

Smart Home

Electricity, Gas,
Water

Transport
ation

Maintenance

Agriculture,
Fishing* Creation of advanced IoT services through various IoT experiments

HomeOffice

Smart Communities / Smart Cities

Common platform
technologies for creationof advanced IoTPromotion
Smart IoT
Acceleration
Forum

Factory・・・
Smart WoT platform(Web of Things)

IoT Service/Device
Connectivity platform

Partnership,
Cooperation

Dynamic control,
automatic optimization

InternationalStandardization

Source: MIC (unofficial translation by Mitsubishi Research Institute)
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