Message-oriented Middleware for Industrial Production Systems

Recent developments in production systems towards Industrial Internet of Things (Industrial loT) require a flexible communication and a distributed, loose coupled system architecture. Using the peer-to-peer communication model in combination with a message-oriented middleware (MOM) is a common approach for these new systems, but there is no information available about which MOM to use for manufacturing applications. Therefore, in this paper a comprehensive comparison of four well established MOM in terms of qualitative and quantitative criteria is presented, exceeding previous work. Furthermore, a methodology is presented to select the best fitting MOM for an industrial application.