This Recommendation describes architecture for autonomic operations support protocols, such as autonomic service provisioning and autonomic data operation specified in [ITU-T Y.4401], in the Internet of things (IoT) based on the architecture of the IoT specified in [ITU-T Y.4416]. This Recommendation specifies protocols to support autonomic event management, autonomic control and autonomic policy management based on IoT functional entities (FEs) and referenced points extended in [ITU-T Y.4416] in order to support autonomic operations in the IoT.

This Recommendation includes:

– architecture of autonomic operations support protocols in the IoT;

– autonomic event management support protocol (AEM-SP) in the IoT;

– autonomic control support protocol (AC-SP) in the IoT.

– autonomic policy management support protocol (APM-SP) in the IoT.

The security of autonomic operations support protocols in the IoT specified in this Recommendation is considered, and possible deployment and relevant use cases are described.