Sensing Network Platform Layout for Coordinated Industrial IoT Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
The lack of unified and standard research in industrial IoT development leads to repeated development and inefficiencies in large-scale production lines due to diverse communication protocols and decoding modes, causing excessive load and stability issues in existing systems.
Innovation Solution
A five-platform structure is introduced, with a centralized layout for service and management platforms and a post-sub-platform layout for the sensing network platform, enabling classification and coordination of control instructions through sub-platforms and a general platform for efficient data processing and timing adjustments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If different industrial IoT systems are developed independently, then each system can be optimized for specific needs, but it leads to a lack of unified and standard research, causing repeated development and inefficiencies
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a unified five-platform architecture that serves multiple industrial IoT applications simultaneously. The sensing network platform, object platform, management platform, service platform, and user platform form a universal framework that can handle diverse industrial scenarios through standardized interfaces and protocols, eliminating the need for separate independent developments while maintaining adaptability to specific needs.
Solution Approach 2:
The system divides the industrial IoT architecture into five distinct functional platforms, each with specific responsibilities. This segmentation allows standardized development at the platform level while enabling customization through configuration within each platform, resolving the contradiction between unified standards and specific optimizations.
2Adaptability or versatility
If diverse communication protocols are used to support different devices, then device compatibility is improved, but it causes excessive load and stability issues in existing systems
Solution Approach 1:
The sensing network platform acts as an intermediary between diverse production line devices and the management platform. It provides unified data collection and transmission functions, converting various device protocols into standardized formats before forwarding to upper platforms, thereby supporting device compatibility while maintaining system stability through centralized protocol management.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts protocol conversion and data standardization functions from the management platform and places them in the sensing network platform. This separation removes the protocol handling burden from the core management system, reducing its load and improving stability while still supporting diverse communication protocols through the dedicated sensing network layer.
3Productivity
If centralized control is implemented for large-scale production lines, then coordination efficiency is improved, but it increases system complexity and reduces flexibility
Solution Approach 1:
The control system is segmented into five functional platforms with clear boundaries and responsibilities. The management platform provides centralized coordination for overall production scheduling, while subordinate platforms handle specific functional areas. This segmentation enables efficient centralized control for macro-coordination while distributing operational complexity to specialized sub-platforms, maintaining both coordination efficiency and system manageability.
4Adaptability or versatility
If data transmission timing is not synchronized, then system flexibility is maintained, but it causes instability and requires shutdowns for parameter updates
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements timing synchronization mechanisms with feedback loops that monitor data transmission timing across platforms. When timing deviations are detected, the system automatically adjusts transmission schedules to maintain synchronization, ensuring stable data flow without requiring shutdowns. This feedback-based timing control maintains both flexibility and reliability in parameter updates.
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AI summary
Industrial internet of things (IoT) with a sensing network platform in a post-sub-platform type where an issuing cache is set and controlling method thereof are provided, which has adopted a form of a five-platform structure to construct an intelligent manufacturing industrial IoT. Each platform has a corresponding hardware device. As a service platform and a management platform adopt a centralized layout, while the sensing network platform adopts a post-sub-platform layout, the sensing network platform may receive large quantities of instructions issued by the management platform, and balance the coordination of various instructions at the same time, which makes the present disclosure very suitable for large-scale production lines with the requirement of high overall coordination and makes the present disclosure have strong applicability.