IoT AND MANUFACTURING
Architectures that help implement the Industrial Internet of Things Among the models available to implement the Internet of Things, two standards bodies, the Industrial Internet Consortium and oneM2M, offer complementary architectural approaches. Here’s a look at each, and how they work together. STAFF REPORT
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Successfully implementing an Internet of Things solution requires expertise in a number of areas. Not all companies have such expertise so collaboration with members of an IoT ecosystem is often necessary. Two organizations, the oneM2M and the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), are collaborating to “drive global scale in standards development and avoid standards balkanization,” notes a recent paper from the IIC. The IIC has been working to help accelerate the adoption of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). In 2018, the IIC joined with the OpenFog Consortium (OFC) to advance edge computing in IoT applications.
The IIC offers the IIRA standard as an architecture framework template and methodology for users to identify architectural concerns, concepts, and patterns. The IIRA standard consists of several perspectives, many of which work well with the oneM2M standard:
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• The business viewpoint is not commonly found in IIoT architectures, including oneM2M. IIoT designers who leverage the oneM2M common service layer may benefit from the analysis of business concerns as described in this viewpoint.
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