South Korea’s Underwater IoT Technology Approved as International Standards

The National Radio Research Agency announced that the IoT Working Group of ISO/IEC JTC 1 approved South Korea’s two underwater IoT standardization plans as international standards at its meeting that finished in St. Petersburg on Nov. 22. The standardization plans cover guidelines related to underwater communication-based service design and development and requirements for underwater communication network management systems. Their applications are expected to include responses to disasters such as tsunamis and submarine earthquakes, marine environment protection by biological resource and aquatic ecosystem monitoring, and underwater and port security enhancement.