Addressing the data challenge in IIoT system evolution

with Protocol Buffers

TobyMcCleanChiefSolutionsArchitecttoby@prismtech.com

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as IIoT Systems Evolve…

… volume of data will increase

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as IIoT Systems Evolve…

… velocity of data will increase

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as IIoT Systems Evolve…

… variety of data will increase

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as IIoT Systems Evolve…

… structure of data will evolve

Let’s focus on evolving

structure of data

What evolves?As sensors and actuators evolve more data, different data and more accurate data will

be made available

New information in the structure of data

Information no longer available or relevant

Data needed by analytics will change

Possible Solutions

OMG’s XTypes

Chosen Solution

OMG’s XTypes

…language neutral… …platform neutral…

…middleware neutral… …extensible…

…self describing… …open source…

serialization of structured data

specify the format of the data in a .proto file

well specified language

compiled to programming language of choice

+use protobuf as serialization format of data

…fast… …real-time…

…high throughput… …secure…

…self describing… …evolvable…

data sharing for the IIoT

… last but not least

interoperable data-sharing

1. Language independent

2. Hardware independent

3. Middleware independent

4. Self describing

Why is it interoperable?

In Summary…Evolvable and interoperable data-sharing reduces time-to-market; reduces development time; reduces integration time

Protocol Buffers is open-source and backed by industry titan Google’s lingua franca for data (48,162 types defined) Reduces risk of using proprietary serialization Increases security of supply

Being used by major player in SDN

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