Autonomous and sustainable moving IoT - Phase IV

Autonomous and sustainable moving IoT: Commercializing assured missions – Phase IV explores how CSPs can transform moving IoT from a collection of separate connectivity, application and support services into a fully accountable mission service. Building on previous phases, the Catalyst connects customer intent, service discovery, procurement, orchestration, assurance and charging across device, network, edge and application domains, giving enterprises deploying drones, robots and other moving assets a more coordinated approach to mission delivery.

The key innovation is end-to-end, mission-level autonomy. Rather than individual domains making independent decisions when disruption occurs, autonomous agents coordinate their response around shared mission requirements, including performance, cost and sustainability constraints. In a port surveillance scenario, the solution can correlate evidence across domains, determine the impact of a connectivity or service failure and identify the most appropriate recovery action, while operating within agreed authority and spending limits.

A partner service marketplace brings a commercial dimension to this autonomous model. Approved connectivity, edge computing and application services can be discovered, compared, procured and activated according to the needs of the mission, including during disruption. Delivery evidence is then linked to customer charging, partner settlement and service credits, enabling CSPs to commercialise assured outcomes and intelligence rather than connectivity alone, while creating a route to market for ecosystem partners.

For enterprises, the approach aims to deliver better service continuity, clearer accountability and greater control of costs and energy consumption. For CSPs and partners, it creates the potential for differentiated, repeatable mission services and new recurring revenues. Using TM Forum Open APIs and ODA principles, Phase IV will compare end-to-end autonomy with independent domain automation, measuring mission completion, recovery time, human intervention, cost and energy per successful mission while generating practical evidence to support future commercial adoption.