Created 3 international IoT standards and 4 international standard patents
Establishing a foothold for creating new markets by securing international standards

Domestic researchers established international standards related to IoT technology and simultaneously created international standard patents.
The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) announced that the standard recommendation for 'NFC-based IPv6 communication,' a low-power IoT communication protocol technology, was finalized at a meeting hosted by the International ETF in Bangkok, Thailand last month and will become an official international standard in early January next year.

This technology is a proprietary technology owned by the Standards Research Division of ETRI. Its technological prowess was already proven in 2016 when it passed the interoperability test with high scores at an event hosted by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI). This technology was also introduced as an excellent technology by the Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC), an international internet address management organization.

In addition, the research team completed the development of the ITU international standard 'IoT Autonomous Networking Framework Technology' at the meeting held in Geneva, Switzerland last September. The 'IoT Low-Power Networking Framework Technology' was also adopted as an international standard by the ITU-T SG20 in 2016. Including this, the research team has achieved a total of three international standards related to IoT low-power communication technology.

ETRI explained, “By completing the development of three international standards related to ‘low-power IoT communication technology’ at the international public standardization organization ITU and the de facto standardization organization IETF, we have achieved the result of establishing a bridgehead for creating related IoT service markets both domestically and internationally.”

The technologies led by the research team to become international standards are low-power networking standard technologies developed for the utilization of IoT micro-devices when power is insufficient, such as in emergencies. They are related to technologies that transmit data while reducing data consumption.

Furthermore, the technology has been developed to allow for the free utilization of various communication methods, such as Bluetooth and NFC, whereas previously communication was limited to Wi-Fi. Consequently, it is predicted that numerous applications will take place in diverse IoT service environments, including smart homes, smart buildings, and smart factories.

There are a total of 4 patents newly established through international standards. This is expected to make it easier to exercise rights to proprietary source technologies, both domestic and international, in the future.
Kim Hyung-joon, Head of the Standards Research Division at ETRI, said, “This is a valuable achievement that can lead to driving innovation in the IoT field and securing future markets through the development of proprietary technology and the acquisition of standard patents.”

The Standards Research Division of ETRI’s Future Strategy Research Institute is promoting the development of standards in various fields, including wireless power transmission, smart greenhouses, blockchain applications, smart elevators, and smart health, through leading leadership such as serving as the Vice Chair of ITU-T SG20.

Meanwhile, ETRI is also sparing no effort in actively cooperating with and supporting industry-academia-led developments for information accessibility and visible light communication standards for vulnerable groups.