KETI Unveils IoT Platform Mobius 2.0
Based on oneM2M Standard, Open Source with Source Code Disclosure

Where is the Internet of Things (IoT) heading in its evolution? Mobius 2.0, an upgraded version of the Internet of Things platform developed by the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (KETI), has been unveiled. Mobius is a platform operated as open source with source code publicly disclosed, created based on oneM2M, a global IoT standard.

KETI held an event introducing Mobius 2.0 at Elltower in Yangjae on the 20th. Since first introducing Mobius 1.0 in 2015, the upgraded version was released based on developers' requirements.


Park Chung-won, President of KETI, said, "We started from a time when IoT wasn't receiving much attention, and today we're unveiling the 2.0 version. As we move toward a hyper-connected society, interoperability between devices becomes important, and Mobius has technological competitiveness in that regard."

Since 2015, Mobius has been continuously updated through Ocean (www.iotocean.org), an open source community, and has transitioned to a state where anyone can participate directly. In addition to Mobius, 13 other open sources have been disclosed.

Kim Jae-ho, team leader at KETI who created Mobius, said, "In a market where platforms are fragmented, we created Mobius to solve that problem. It was a time when global standards were being formed, so we went with a standards platform." He added, "By selecting oneM2M, we're leading in global commercialization levels. We focused on interoperability, and we're also ahead in interworking standards and technology development. Since being disclosed on Ocean, 727 organizations are now utilizing it."

Mobius consists of a server, terminal, and gateway, supporting high reliability and real-time performance for service applications in industrial fields. Functions for searching, managing, and integrating numerous video streaming services have been added. It interoperates with OCF, another IoT standard in which Samsung, Intel, and Qualcomm participate, and LWM2M, an international standard for network devices.

Additionally, in addition to the existing support for open hardware such as Raspberry Pi, lightweight open hardware Arduino is also newly supported. The IoT platform and application software of the terminal can be remotely upgraded. Unlike the 1.0 version, in addition to open source disclosure, tools for development support such as a resource browser and conformance validation tool have been additionally disclosed.

Since its initial unveiling, Mobius has been commercialized in Busan Smart City projects, Buyeo Smart Farm, SKT's ThingPlug, and SK C&C Smart Factory. Downloads of Mobius from Ocean total 34,000, showing the fastest adoption in domestic and international use cases.

Regarding the reason for choosing oneM2M, Chung Seung-myung, senior researcher at KETI, explained, "To resolve the issue of incompatibility due to different IoT technologies, multiple organizations globally creating various communication standards came together to create oneM2M. As a general-purpose platform that is not dependent on service domains, service expansion is easy, and app developers can focus on service logic."

In addition to the introduction of Mobius, the event also presented methods of utilizing open sources according to IoT service scenarios, service development using Arduino and Mobius, and construction methods.

KETI plans to conduct a Mobius-based Internet of Things Service Developer Competition through the end of September. IoT application service ideas will be solicited through early August, with Mobius training and expert coaching to implement actual services, and outstanding final works will be given exhibition opportunities during the Internet of Things Promotion Week.