The present document is aiming at documenting potential new use cases and service requirements to enhance 5GS for the support of Personal IoT networks (PINs), including when the PIN is connected to 5GC.

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IoT capabilities have been designed for devices that communicate using the traditional cellular network, including battery constrained devices where it is expected that the battery should last in the order of years. Recently standards have been extended to support more vertical IoT devices for factory based, audio visual, medical, mission critical and vehicular solutions. In some contexts, e.g. factory based solutions the concept of a private network has been introduced, this has the added benefit for devices that generate very little user plane traffic (e.g. sensors etc.) the traditional cellular operator might not have to dedicate resources to them in the network and the traffic can stay within the local "factory (private network) environment". There are 2 consumer segments that have similar traffic characteristics where private networks provide an advantage, where communications are predominately within the constraints of a localized IoT network:

1. Wearable devices;
2. Home automation

For the purpose of this discussion these will be called "Personal IoT networks" (PINs). These types of networks are very different to commercial IoT device, they are usually less rugged, most highly battery constrained and lifespan of the battery typically a couple of days or weeks. User plane traffic typically stays with a constrained environment, around the body or in the home i.e. within the PIN. Notifications can be received on smartphones that events have occurred within the PIN. PINs have been around for a long time using others standards however their take up / adoption rate has been low compared to the general smartphone UE. In summary, it is considered beneficial for 3GPP specification to address 5G system support of different use cases for PINs.