scope:

The present document:

• makes a description of some use cases that benefit from virtualization and outlines which one will be used for the Proof-of-Concept that is described in depth in ETSI TR 103 529 [i.2];

• addresses the rationale and requirements for the use of virtualization - and of the cloud in general - in support of IoT systems. It also introduces some features that will be key for the definition and further implementation of virtualized IoT systems such as microservices;

• provides the identification of new architectural elements (components, mappings, Application Programming Interfaces (API), etc.) that are required to address IoT on a cloud back-end. In particular, one objective of the present document is to describe how current IoT nodes e.g. the oneM2M CSE, can be modified and improved by the introduction of micro-services.