Characteristics and Architecture of IIoT

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In Previous Post Benefits and Difference B/W IIoT AND IoT we learned how IIoT helps in boosting productivity in industries.

In this blog post I will going explain Characteristics and Architecture of IIoT.

Typical Characteristics of the IIoT

The IIoT has six typical characteristics: intelligent sensing, ubiquitous connectivity, digital modeling, real-time analysis, precise control, and iterative optimization.

Intelligent sensing

Intelligent sensing is the foundation of the IIoT.

Based on massive amounts of data generated during industrial production, logistics, and sales, the IIoT uses sensing methods such as sensors and RFID to obtain information from different areas of the industrial lifecycle, including personnel, machines, raw materials, process flows, and environments.

These data often collected from sensors which are often stored in local/cloud DB.

Ubiquitous connectivity

Ubiquitous connectivity is the prerequisite for the IIoT.

Industrial resources are connected to each other or the Internet through either wired or wireless connections to establish convenient and efficient IIoT information channels.

This expands the scope and depth of connections between machines, between machines and people, and between machines and environments.

Digital modeling

Digital modeling is an approach to the IIoT.

Digital modeling maps industrial resources to the digital space and simulates the industrial production process in the virtual world.

Supported by the powerful information processing capability of the digital space, digital modeling abstracts and models all elements of the industrial production process, thus providing effective decision-making regarding the operation of the IIoT physical industry chain.

Real-time analysis

Real-time analysis is a means of the IIoT.

Technical analysis methods are used to process sensed industrial resource data in real time in the digital space, establish an internal connection between the industrial resource status in the virtual space and the real space, and further visualize the abstract data to respond to external physical entities in real time.

Precise control

Precise control is the purpose of the IIoT.

Through processes such as status awareness, information interconnection, digital modeling, and real-time analysis of industrial resources, decisions based on virtual spaces are converted into control commands that can be understood by industrial resource entities and thus converted into actual operations, implementing precise information exchange and seamless collaboration between industrial resources.

Iterative optimization

Iterative optimization is the result of the IIoT. T

he IIoT system can continuously learn and improve.

Architecture of the IIoT Solution

Based on the IoT conceptual model in GB/T 33474-2016 Internet of things—Reference architecture, the IIoT reference architecture consists of the target object domain, sensing and control domain, service provisioning domain, O&M management and control domain, resource exchange domain, and user domain.

IIoT reference architecture

Target object domain

Raw materials, raw product equipment, environments, and workers involved in industrial production are sensed, identified, and managed by sensors, instruments, meters, and labels in the sensing and control domain. In addition, information related to production, processing, transportation, circulation, and sales is obtained.

Sensing and control domain

The collected data is finally transmitted to the service provisioning domain through the IIoT gateway.

Service provisioning domain

The general enablement platform, asset optimization platform, and resource allocation platform provide services such as remote monitoring, energy management, and safe production.

O&M management and control domain

The industrial security supervision and management platform and O&M management platform ensure the stable, reliable, and secure running of other IIoT domains from two aspects: technical management of system operation, and compliance with laws and regulations.

Resource exchange domain

Information resources and market resources are exchanged and shared based on the application service requirements of the IIoT system and other related systems.

User domain

Users can access the IIoT and the applicable IoT service port system. The user domain includes product suppliers, manufacturers, solution providers, customers, and governments.