Industrial Networking Enabling IIoT Communication

This white paper sets the stage for a forthcoming publication, the Industrial Internet Networking Framework (IINF), which will complement the Industrial Internet Connectivity Framework by detailing requirements assessing available technologies and providing best practices for how to achieve appropriate IIoT networking solutions. It introduces a few typical industrial scenarios followed by their impact on networking. The scenarios show that there is no universal or preferred networking technology for IIoT systems and that diverse requirements must be considered when selecting an appropriate solution.

The derived networking requirements lead to the diversity of design considerations, which provides introductory guidance to IIoT solution architects and industrial networking engineers to help them make the right choices. It then briefly introduces an upcoming publication, the IINF, that is intended to be used to select the appropriate solution.