OMA-WID-LwM2M_Device_Bootstrapping_in_Cellular_Networks-V1_0-20220621-A

Lightweight Machine to Machine Device Bootstrapping in Cellular Networks

Approved Version: 1.0 - 2022-06-21

Open Mobile Alliance

main: 22 Jun 2022 09:45:00 rev: a802ebf

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1. Work Item Details

2. Impacts, Relationships and Dependencies

3. Proposed Timeline

4. Supporting Companies

5. Proposed Resources

6. LwM2M Device Bootstrapping in Cellular Networks

There is a huge opportunity for using LwM2M devices within Cellular networks, especially for applications requiring wide area network connectivity or roaming. Because cellular networks use licensed spectrum, they provide a level of security for the lifetime of the device and associated service.

Concept	Value
Work Item Title:	Lightweight Machine to Machine Device Bootstrapping in Cellular Networks
Short Name:	LwM2M Device Bootstrapping in Cellular Networks
Version:	1.0

Concept	Value
Existing Specifications Affected:	OMA-RD-LightweightM2M
	OMA-TS-LightweightM2M_Core
	OMA-TS-LightweightM2M_Transport
External Organizations Affected:	IETF
Any Other Impact	None

Document	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
Technical Specification(s)	07/2022	09/2022	11/2022	12/2022

Company Name	Membership Type
Nokia	Associate
Itron	Full
AVSystems	Associate

Deliverable/Role	Volunteer
Enabler Editor	Colin Grealish (Nokia)

The advent of Low Power Networks for Cellular has also provided a new range of applications on a par with the unlicensed technologies such as WIZE, LoRaWAN and Sigfox.

LwM2M is a good fit for applications on Cellular for a number of different reasons, these include:

One of the key reasons why LwM2M works well is that it is fully standardised, making for a single design which creates efficiency for Mobile Device Manufacturers.

From a technical perspective, SIMs secure devices on cellular networks. This can be a hardware SIM card, similar to what is used in a mobile phone, but more commonly an eSIM that is integrated, or soldered into the device, or a software based SIM is used. Whichever form, cellular network devices have a secure identity. This document discusses the opportunity of re-using SIM-based credentials with LwM2M to bootstrap devices, which could reduce costs and expedite device on-boarding.

Removing the need to insert server specific information in devices is the focus of this work item.

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