Presentation given by Nikolay Tcholtev, Fraunhofer Fokus, at Open & Agile Smart Cities' annual Connected Smart Cities & Communities Conference 2020 on 23 January in Brussels, Belgium.

1. Fraunhofer FOKUS
Institut für Offene Kommunikationssysteme
Eco-Systems for Smart Cities based on Open Urban
Platforms
Fraunhofer FOKUS
Dr. Nikolay Tcholtchev
Philipp Lämmel, Dr. Yacine Rebahi | Januar 23th 2020 | Brussels, Belgium
Fraunhofer FOKUS
Institute for Open Communication Systems
©MichaelZalewski/FraunhoferFOKUS

2. We Connect
Things
 specialized
 secure
 effective
 thematically
 technologically
 scientifically
 organizationally
Systems Processes Persons Organizations
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3. Our Network
Research partners
TransferUniversities
Multipliers
Institutional support
CertLab
Federal Government / EU
Industry
3
Large-scale
enterprises
StartupsSME
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4. Figures 2018 (Selection)
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~ 430
Employees
37
EU projects
~ 100
Industry partners
~ 200
Industry projects
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5. Visual
Computing
and
Analytics
Services &
Data Platforms
Data Analytics & Knowledge
Management
Devices & Media
Technologies
Quality
Engineering
Network
Technologys
Digital
Governance
Interoperability
& Standards
Systems Processes PersonsThings Organizations
Future
Applications
and Media
Quality
Engineering
Smart
Mobility
Software
-based
Networks
Collaborative
Safety and
Security
Business units
Core competences
Our Business Units and Core Competences
Digital
Public
Services
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6. Agenda
1 Open Urban Platforms
2 Standardization Activities
3 Data Platform Projects
4 Use Case Projects
5 Summary
6 Next Steps
7 Potentials
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7. 1Open Urban Platform
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8. Open Urban Platform: urban platform that
uses open standards and interfaces to
guarantee compatibility and
interoperability with other systems and
other urban platforms.
(according to DIN SPEC 91357)
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9. 2Standardization and
Collaboration Activities
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10.  Provide a unified view and understanding on the ICT strategies of
cities
 Identify interfaces for communication between involved
components
 Enable the accommodation of legacy systems into an ICT
Reference Architecture
 Enable the exchange and interoperability of various components
and/or software packages along the identified and standardized
interfaces – i.e. avoid VENDOR LOCK-IN
 Define the ICT Reference Architecture and interfaces in a way that
Open Source components can be used, in order to enable cities
and communities to get independent from particular vendors
ICT Reference Architecture from EIP SCC
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11. ICT Reference Architecture from EIP SCC
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12.  Adaptation of the EIP SCC results to the needs of the German market
 Start in November 2016  Specification document released at the beginning of 2018
 More than 10 partners (cities, municipalities, industry, research, automotive, software,
network providers …)
 Goals: Open Urban ICT Reference Architecture for the German market
 Open Interfaces
 Layers for Communication and Data Processing
 Security, Privacy …
 Use Cases
DIN OUP SPEC 91357 „Reference Architecture Open Urban Platform”
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14.  Instantiation of DIN OUP for Urban Mobility
 15 partners from automotive, cities, software vendors, academia, mobility and transportation service
providers
 Initiated in 2018 –> DIN specification released in April 2019
 Goal: Instantiation of DIN OUP for the purposes of Urban Mobility
 25+ use cases
 Intermodal transport
 Connected autonomous driving
 Urban Logistics
 Smart Parking
 Urban Air Mobility
 …
 Conceptual analysis of the DIN OUP instantiation
 Development of an overarching concept/standard for urban mobility data collection for real-time applications
 Relation to SUMP – Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan discussed on European level
 Roles and Responsobilities
 Organisation & Operator Model
 Business Models
DIN SPEC 91367 „Urban mobility data collection for real-time applications”
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15.  Further development of standardized ICT reference architectures for
Smart Cities presented later on
 Extends exisiting standards by multiple concepts required for an open
eco-system
 Service Access Points – abstract interfaces between the different (classes of)
ICT components in a Smart City
 oupPLUS allows for systematic analysis of Smart City architectures
 oupPLUS enables the structuring of Urban ICT
 oupPLUS enables the creation of dynamic Smart City eco-systems
involving multiple stakeholders, e.g. industry, SMEs, academia, Open
Source Initiatives …
oupPLUS – based on a DIN Specification
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16. oupPLUS – the Quality Assurance and Interoperability
View
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 Conformance Testing
 of the Service Access Points
 i.e. Testing of the Standard Protocols at the SAPs
 Many available test suites for various protocols
 SIP - TTCN-3 ETSI
 IPv6 - IPv6 Ready Logo
 6LowPan
 SOAP, HTTP, 3GPP, LTE … TTCN3
 ...
 Security Testing
 of the Service Access Points
 Penetration testing
 Interoperability Testing
 at the Service Access Points
 e.g. ETSI Interop PlugTests

17. 3Data Platform Projects
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18.  Concept and realization by Fraunhofer FOKUS
 Deployment of the backend system - CKAN
 Analysis of various Open Data aspects in a corresponding study
 Definition of a Meta-data Schema
 Transfer of the pilot to Berlin Online
towards a sustainable Operation
 http://daten.berlin.de
Open Data Berlin
Berlin Open Data - First Open Data Portal in Germany
© Fraunhofer FOKUS

19.  Since December 2012: Pilot/Prototype-Portal of Vattenfall Europe on Open Data regarding the Electrical Grid of
Berlin
 http://www.netzdaten-berlin.de
 Strong push towards Open Data from Industry
 252 Datasets
 Electricity Supply
 Balance Sheets
 Connections with the Grid
 Coverage Area
 Electrical Grid Structure
…
 Concept and realization by Fraunhofer FOKUS
Energy Open Data for/from Berlin
© Fraunhofer FOKUS

20.  European Data Portal (Pan European Open Data Portal)
 Since 01. Jan. 2015
https://www.europeandataportal.eu/
 Open Data from more than 30 European states are captured and made easily searchable and
reusable
 Fraunhofer FOKUS is part of an international consortium towards establishing the most
challenging Open Data platform world wide
 As one of the main technical partners, Fraunhofer FOKUS develops various components as for
example the data register and various harvesting mechanisms
European Open Data Portal
© Fraunhofer FOKUS

21.  The Pilot/Prototype was officially online since the 9th of February 2013 –> since 2015 in productive operation
 http://www.govdata.de
 Development , Improvement and Operation (until 2015) of the Prototype
 Different Types of (Open) Data
 Datasets
 Documents
 Applications
 Focus on free Licenses
 Datenlizenz Deutschland (de-dl, ...)
 Creative Commons (cc-by, ...)
...
Official Pilot of the German Ministry of Internal Affairs
GovData.de
Govermental Data
© Fraunhofer FOKUS

22. 4
Further Projects within OUP
– Use Case and Technology
Projects
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23.  Development of a Next Generation VoIP communication based platform
based on open standards
 ETSI M.493, EENA NG112 LTD , HELD, LoST, NENA i2/i3
 Integration of Voice, Video, Real Time Text and IoT sensor data (e.g.
eHealth) during the emergency calls
 Automated call triggering, i.e. NG eCall
 Structuring of the overall platfrom according to the Open Urban Platform
principles
EMYNOS - nExt generation eMergencY commuNicatiOnS
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24. WINDNODE – Smart Energy Trading based on Blockchain
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Prosumer Consumer
Participating household
Participating householdParticipating household

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Escrow Contract
Offer Contract Smart Meter Contract Measurement Contract
Private Blockchain Network
REST API
Makes offer(s)
Accepts offer(s)
Prosumer
Consumer
WINDNODE – Smart Energy Trading based on Blockchain

26.  Design, specification and development of an Mobility Data Cloud for the integration of
different data and services towards enabling the sharing of electric vehicles
GEMO – Smart City ICT Infrastructure for shared collaborative eMobility
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27.  Components for Authentication, Authorization and Access Control to
data assets and services developed in the scope of multiple projects –
based on OpenID, OAuth, JSON Web Token
 Data anonymization for energy data in the scope of WindNode (pivacy
aspects)
 Model-checking for the verification of firewall access models for
securing OUP components
 Intrusion Detection Systems, firewalls and dynamic security functions
within a Virtual Security Appliance (vSA) in H2020 FORTIKA
Cybersecurity for Open Urban Platforms – FORTIKA,Quality Assurance
for Firewalls, Identity Management and Access Control
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28.  Emden
 Liverpool
 Belfast
 Urban Data Partnership – consulting 10+ cities in the scope of the Morgenstadt network of
Fraunhofer
 Workshops for Industrial Customers
 Workshops for Governmental Entities
 Studies for European and national institutions (e.g. European Parliament) and industrial
partners
Smart City and Open Urban Platform scientific advisory Activities
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29. 5
Summary
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30.  Open Urban Platforms provide the structural framework for
 understanding urban ICT
 designing integrative Smart City solutions based on Open Interfaces and Open Standards
 avoiding VENDOR LOCK-IN
 creating an urban ICT eco-system of various stakeholders – industry, academia, SMEs, Open Source
initiatives
 Standardization of Open Urban Platforms in DIN 91357 and DIN 91367 based on the European
Level activities in EIP SCC
 Different projects for various aspects of a Smart City ICT
 Data Platform projects
 Emergency Communication projects and prototypes
 IoT integration
 Security – firewalls, intrusion detection systems, authorization and authentication
 Blockchain projects
 Smart Energy
 Scientific advisors for cities and public institutions
Summary
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31. 6
Next Steps
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32.  New DIN specification for urban district development and management based on Open
Urban Platforms
 Blockchain for district management in Smart City districts
 Artificial Inteligence in Smart Energy
 Micro-mobility use case
 Further development of the current topics
 Develop and integrate the utilization of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in
general into Open Urban Platforms
 Accountable and transperant Aritifical Intelligence as a key topic
 Develop the topic of IoT security in the access network segment (e.g. LoRaWAN, NB-IoT,
LPWAN in general)
 Develop and integrate quantum communication and quantum computing within Open
Urban Platforms
 Develop further oupPLUS as our research version of DIN OUP
 Additional Smart City use cases in the scope of Open Urban Platforms
Next Steps
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33. Fraunhofer Institute for
Open Communication Systems FOKUS
Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 31
10589 Berlin, Germany
info@fokus.fraunhofer.de
www.fokus.fraunhofer.de
Dr.-Ing. Nikolay Tcholtchev
Phone: +49 (30) 3463-7175
nikolay.tcholtchev@fokus.fraunhofer.de
Philipp Lämmel
Phone: +49 (30) 3463-7256
nikolay.tcholtchev@fokus.fraunhofer.de
Thank you for your attention!