2024.07.25. The Fair Economy — South Korean researchers have had technologies they developed in the fields of the Internet of Things (IoT) and smart cities approved as international standards, a development expected to secure the country's leadership in related technologies and brighten prospects for royalty income once the technologies are commercialized.
The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) announced on the 24th that at the International Telecommunication Union's Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) IoT and Smart Cities Study Group (SG20) meeting held in Geneva, Switzerland, from the 1st to the 12th, two of four technologies developed under the leadership of its researchers received final approval as standards, two were pre-adopted as standards, and 11 were adopted as new standardization tasks.
Expanding this to the overall achievements of the Korean delegation, at this meeting Korea achieved four international standard approvals, two pre-adoptions, and 15 new standardization task adoptions.
A total of 336 experts from 47 countries attended the meeting and held lively discussions to develop international standards.
ETRI participated with a total of 18 standardization experts, including Dr. Kim Hyeong-jun, the chief representative of the Korean delegation.
At the ITU-T meeting, ETRI researchers led standardization discussions on key issues including the direction of SG20 activities for the next study period (2025-2028), digital twins, smart cities, the metaverse, smart agriculture, smart buildings, and energy data management.
Among ETRI technologies, the autonomous delivery robot standard, which received final approval as an international standard, is expected to accelerate the commercialization of autonomous driving technology and contribute to establishing efficient and safe logistics systems within smart cities.
Two standards led by ETRI researchers — requirements for delivery robot interoperability and a framework for delegating authority to IoT devices — were pre-adopted.
In addition, 11 items, including metaverse-based digital twin interworking and crop growth monitoring in smart agriculture, were adopted as new standardization tasks.
Among the items adopted as new standardization projects, the IoT-based metaverse standard provides a foundation for creating new services by integrating the physical and virtual worlds.
Through digital twin-based interoperability technology, data can be shared and analyzed across various sectors in smart cities, such as transportation, environment, and healthcare.
This is expected to spur the development and expansion of new services.
Based on these achievements, the researchers anticipate that the standardization of IoT and metaverse technologies will play a pivotal role in smart cities and various industrial sectors, also contributing to securing leadership in the global market.
In addition, ETRI took the lead in establishing a new research project within the SG20 study group for the next study period, dedicated to standardizing smart city platforms including digital twins.
If approved at the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA-24), scheduled to be held in October, the number of research projects under the SG20 structure for the ITU-T's next standardization period is expected to expand from the current seven to nine.
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