Introduction

Bifrost (IoT Gateway Cloud, IOTCL) is Carrier's cloud platform for IoT Gateways: telemetry devices that capture data from sensors and controllers on the edge and talk to Bifrost over a bidirectional link.

Bifrost registers each IoT Gateway, decodes the telemetry it sends, and delivers that data to the right business unit through a telemetry stream or an API. The same link carries commands and OTA firmware updates back down to the IoT Gateway.

Simple

Multi Consumer

Bidirectional

The flow above is an example setup, not a fixed topology. Any consumer can receive data through the telemetry stream or the data API, and send commands back through the API. Consumer A and Consumer B each use only one path so the diagram stays readable.

Before you dive in, these pages are worth a read:

• Roadmap: what's shipped, in staging, or planned, and when.
• Lifecycle: who does what to an IoT Gateway, from the manufacturing line to decommissioning.
• FAQ: answers to common questions about permissions, data, and provisioning.

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