IIoT: Industrial Internet of Things

The main aim of Internet of Things (IoT) are

1. To globally connect smart ‘things’ or ‘objects’ .
2. Objects are uniquely identified.
3. Interoperability among the objects.
4. The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is an application of IoT in industries to modify the various existing industrial systems. IIoT links the automation system with enterprise, planning and product lifecycle.

 IIoT includes –

1. machine learning
2. big data technology
3.  machine ‐ to ‐ machine interaction (M‐2‐M)
4.  automation.
5. IIoT is supported by huge amount of data collected from sensors. It is based on “wrap & re‐use” approach, rather than “rip & replace” approach.

IIoT Requirements:

Difference between IoT and IIoT

Applications of IIoT

The key application areas of IIoT are ‐

1.  Manufacturing industry
2.  Healthcare Service industry
3.  Transportation & logistics
4.  Mining
5.  Firefighting

Manufacturing Industry

The devices, equipment, workforce, supply chain, work platform are integrated and connected to achieve smart production. This will led to –

1.  reduction in operational costs
2.  improvement in the productivity of the worker
3.  reduction in the injuries at the workplace
4.  resource optimization and waste reduction
5.  end‐to‐end automation

Healthcare Service Industry

Patients can be continuously monitored due to the implanted on‐body

sensors. This has led to –

1.  improved treatment outcome
2.  costs has reduced
3.  improved disease detection
4.  improved accuracy in the collection of data
5.  improved drugs management.

Transportation & logistics

To improve safety, efficiency of transportation, Intelligent Transportation system (ITS) is developed which consists of connected vehicles. ITS provides –

1. Vehicle – to – sensor connectivity
2. Vehicle – to – vehicle connectivity
3. Vehicle – to – internet connectivity
4. Vehicle – to – road infrastructure
5. Dedicated short‐range communications (DSRC) is the key enabling technology for V2V and V2R communications.

Transportation & logistics

In IIoT scenario the physical objects are provided with

1.  bar codes
2.  RFID tags

hence, real‐time monitoring of the status and location of the physical objects from destination to the origin, across the supply chain is possible.

Security and privacy of the data should be maintained.

Mining

To prevent accidents inside the mines ‐ RFID, Wi‐Fi and other wireless technologies are used, which

1.  provides early warning of any disaster
2.  monitors air‐quality
3.  detects the presence of poisonous gases inside the mines
4.  oxygen level inside the mines.

Firefighting

Sensor networks, RFID tags are used to perform

1. automatic diagnosis
2. early warning of disaster
3. emergency rescue
4. provides real‐time monitoring

Hence, improves public security.

Benefits of IIoT