TelemetrieStandards

TelemetrieStandards are standardized specifications for capturing, transmitting, storing, and analyzing telemetry data from remote devices and systems. They aim to ensure interoperability between equipment from different vendors, enable reliable data exchange, and support scalable analytics, monitoring, and control across sectors such as automotive, industrial automation, aerospace, energy, and healthcare.

A standard typically defines the information model (the meaning and structure of telemetry data), encoding formats (JSON, XML, Protobuf), transport mechanisms (MQTT, CoAP, DDS), timing and synchronization rules, and security and privacy requirements. It may also specify metadata, quality of service, versioning, and conformance criteria.

Standardization bodies include international and regional organizations such as the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), the ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee JTC1, the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) for space telemetry, and industry consortia such as the Object Management Group (OMG) and the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). Notable families of telemetry standards include sensor descriptions and observations (SensorML, Observations and Measurements, SOS from OGC), and common transport and interoperability profiles (MQTT, CoAP, DDS).

Adoption challenges include semantic interoperability, data quality and provenance, security, privacy, and the need for versioning and backward compatibility. Organizations often pursue conformance testing and reference architectures to manage lifecycle, maintenance, and governance of telemetry data streams.