A Practical Guide to Using the Industrial Internet Connectivity Framework
CHOOSING A CONNECTIVITY STANDARD
In one key table , the IICF outlines the example use cases and application spaces of the various core connectivity options . The intention , and the effect , is to provide useful guidance to architects struggling with the confusing arrays of vendor and advocate claims . The table is reproduced below in the IIC Use Case Examples figure .
Let ’ s take this process a bit further . It is possible to ask a few very simple questions for each technology option and quickly narrow the choices . These questions may oversimplify the problem , but they are a great starting point . The IICF identifies four potential “ core connectivity standards :” DDS , OPC UA , oneM2M , and RESTful HTTP . We analyze these in this section . MQTT does not qualify as an IICF “ core connectivity standard ” because it does not have a standard typing system required for
Table 8-2 Non-overlapping system aspect examples addressed by the potential IIoT connectivity core standards IIC Use Case Examples . The IIoT space is so big that the primary users of the different technologies don ’ t speak the same language . In practice , there are few applications that could reasonably make alternative choices . The real problem in the industry is the lack of understanding of the options . The IIC experts sorted the technologies into very clearly different “ boxes ”. The choice is nearly as simple as identifying which box most sounds like you .
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