This Recommendation provides the common requirements and capabilities of a gateway for Internet of things (IoT) applications. The provided common requirements and capabilities are intended to be generally applicable in gateway application scenarios.

The scope of this Recommendation includes:

• General characteristics of a gateway for IoT applications
• Common requirements of a gateway for IoT applications
• Common capabilities of a gateway for IoT applications

Use cases of a gateway for IoT applications are provided in appendixes.

NOTE - This Recommendation focuses on the gateway as equipment interconnecting devices with communication networks.