THE INDUSTRIAL INTERNET OF THINGS (IIoT)

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) includes networked smart power, manufacturing, medical, and transportation. Technologically, the Consumer IoT and the Industrial IoT are more different than they are similar. This chapter presents IIoT applications that are operational Real‐Time Innovations. (RTI) Connext Data Distribution Service (DDS) systems. It explains the DDS standard and highlights the breadth of the IIoT challenge. Based on extensive experience with real applications, the chapter suggests a few divisions and explores why they impact the architecture. Each of these divisions defines an important dimension of the IIoT taxonomic model. A taxonomy logically divides types of systems by their characteristics. The first problem is to choose top‐level divisions. The chapter concludes that an IIoT taxonomy is not only possible but also critical to both the individual system building and the inception of a true cross‐industry IIoT.