Overview
IEC SRD 63302-2:2025 - Smart city use case collection and analysis: Intelligent operations centre (IOC) - Part 2: Use case analysis provides a structured compilation and analysis of smart‑city use cases focused on the Intelligent Operations Centre (IOC). The SRD scopes IOC capabilities, a reference conceptual model, stakeholder relationships, and the standardization requirements-with emphasis on electrotechnical aspects-to guide urban managers, solution providers, operators and other stakeholders in planning, deploying and standardizing IOC practices.
Key topics and technical requirements
- Use case collection & analysis: Methodology for gathering and categorizing IOC use cases across urban domains (government services, public service, living environment, industrial economy, governance, public safety, transportation).
- Reference conceptual model: Outline of IOC architecture and four‑layer technical model, identifying functional building blocks and non‑human actors.
- Stakeholder mapping: Identification and market relationship analysis of stakeholders (public authorities, utilities, operators, vendors, citizens).
- Capability and reference architecture landscape: Derivation of capabilities from use cases and presentation of an IOC reference architecture to inform solution design.
- Standards requirements: Compilation of needs statements and recommended areas for standards development-particularly for electrotechnical interfaces, data exchange, system realization and interoperability.
- Analytical techniques: Relational mapping, need‑statement analysis, precondition/requisite analysis, word‑frequency analysis and technical realization assessment to prioritize standard needs.
Applications and practical value
- Supports design and implementation of an Intelligent Operations Centre for citywide monitoring, coordination and decision support.
- Helps urban planners and operators translate diverse smart‑city use cases into a coherent reference architecture and capability roadmap.
- Guides solution providers and integrators on interoperability, electrotechnical requirements and stakeholder integration when creating IOC platforms.
- Informs standards bodies and policymakers about prioritized standardization gaps and electrotechnical requirements for city systems.
- Useful for procurement, vendor evaluation, and aligning multi‑agency operations to common IOC practices and tools.
Who should use this standard
- Urban managers and city CIOs planning smart city operations
- Solution providers, system integrators and vendors building IOC platforms
- Utility and infrastructure operators coordinating electrotechnical systems
- Standards developers and policymakers defining interoperability and electrotechnical requirements
- Researchers and consultants analyzing smart city strategies and IOC capabilities
Related guidance
- This SRD is Part 2 of a systems reference deliverable series addressing smart city IOC topics. For complementary material and latest IEC smart city publications, consult the IEC Products & Services Portal and Electropedia for related electrotechnical standards and terminology.
Keywords: smart city, Intelligent Operations Centre, IOC, use case analysis, electrotechnical standards, reference architecture, stakeholder mapping, capabilities landscape.