| OMA and uCIFI For Smart City Interoperability |
| Written by Sue Gee | |||
| Tuesday, 04 March 2025 | |||
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The Open Mobile Alliance and uCIFI joined forces in January 2025 with the common goal of promoting interoperability in smart city and utility IoT applications. On Thursday 6th March they are hosting an webinar introducing the Smart City Working Group and the uCIFI Initiative to establish a unified data model for smart city devices.
The Open Mobile Alliance was originally formed in 2002 as a non-profit organization, focused on mobile technology standards. In 2018 it merged with the IPSO (Internet Protocol for Smart Objects) Alliance to become (OMA) SpecWorks, the body that developed the Lightweight Machine to Machine (LwM2M) protocol. As an open protocol, LwM2M is designed to provide a standardized way to manage and communicate with resource-constrained IoT devices and while it was originally developed for remote device management of mobile technology and smart home devices it has emerged as a foundational standard for smart city devices. The uCIFI Alliance was established in 2019 as an open, non-profit organization focused on solving the problem of interoperability in smart city and utility IoT deployments. Its primary goal is to establish a unified data model for smart city devices, allowing devices from various manufacturers and using different network technologies to "speak the same language." By joining forces with with OMA Specworks, uCIFI intends to leverage LwM2M technology with its data model to tackle the smart city interoperability conundrum. In today's blog post Open Mobile Alliance and uCIFI state: The foundation of interoperability lies in open standards and protocols, which ensure that vendors and service providers build solutions that can integrate seamlessly with one another, fostering innovation and preventing vendor lock-in. Many open standards are helping to drive smart city interoperability but Lightweight M2M (LwM2M) is seeing a surge in momentum because of its inherent design for managing IoT devices and data efficiently and its priority on security. Security is also a crucial consideration for smart cities, as breaches could disrupt essential services. LwM2M provides built-in security features, including DTLS (Datagram Transport Layer Security) for encrypted communication; device authentication to prevent unauthorized access; and data integrity checks to ensure accurate and tamper-proof information sharing. The blog post concludes: For smart cities to reach their full potential, interoperability must be a priority from the outset. Policymakers, technology providers, and city planners must work together to develop frameworks that prioritize interoperability, enabling smart cities to evolve and scale seamlessly. and issues an invitation to the SCWG AMA webinar to be held on March 6th at 07:00 am PT / 15:00 GMT.
The webinar will provide an overview of the uCIFI Initiative, outline the methods of participation in uCIFI and conduct a question-and-answer session in an Ask Me Anything format, allowing attendees to pose queries. Register here: https://www.openmobilealliance.org/ucifi#ask-me-anything-ama-webinar More InformationRelated ArticlesEclipse IoT Developer Survey 2024 IoT Developers Gaining In Experience To be informed about new articles on I Programmer, sign up for our weekly newsletter, subscribe to the RSS feed and follow us on Twitter, Facebook or Linkedin. 
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