Pre Standardisation Study Report: Unified, Secure and Resilient ICT framework for Smart Infrastructure

BIS has taken the initiative for identifying standardization need with respect to India specific requirement for Unified, Secure & Resilient ICT Backbone for Smart Cities. For this purpose, the first phase of this work has been released in the form of pre-standardization report. The report contains the following three sections: 1. Last Mile Communication for M2M/IoT Applications in Smart Cities 2. Common Service Layer Requirements in ICT Architecture for Smart Infrastructure 3. Comprehensive ICT Reference Architecture for Smart Cities/Infrastructure This pre-standardization study report is aimed at wider dissemination of the knowledge and concerns as well as to help proceed with Standard Development Activities in the respective Areas. This Unified Secure & Resilient Framework & Architecture, if implemented in Indian Smart Cities, shall enable optimization of the ICT infrastructure and help bring down the Total Cost of Ownership in terms of capital and recurring expenditure in the upcoming smart cities deployments