Internet of Things for Architects

Governance models and standards

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is a UN specialized agency and was founded in 1865; it took its present name in 1932, before becoming a specialized agency in the UN. It plays a significant role worldwide in wireless communication standards, navigation, mobile, internet, data, voice, and next-gen networks. It includes 193 member nations and 700 public and private organizations. It too has a number of working groups called sectors. The sector relevant to cellular standards is the Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R). The ITU-R is the body that defines the international standards and goals for various generations of radio and cellular communication. These include reliability goals and minimum data ...