Consumer IoT vs Industrial IoT
A Consumer IoT network typically entails few consumer devices, each of which has a limited lifetime of several years. On the other hand, an Industrial IoT network must connect hundreds, if not thousands of data points to support operations of expensive industrial equipment over many decades. The scale of impact during network breakdowns also greatly differ. Simply consider when your Fitbit device malfunctions vs. when fill-level sensors on material tanks fail to timely transmit data, resulting in long production halts. When designing a versatile IoT architecture, product managers need to factor in these fundamental distinctions to decide the right set of technologies.
Consumer IoT
Consumer IoT devices and services are oriented toward individual users or families. This includes products like Amazon’s Echo or Google’s Nest Thermostat. Hardware tends to be designed for low cost and limited lifetime and maintenance. A device is likely to have a shelf life measured in months or years, with new versions quickly replacing older products on store shelves.
An example of a consumer IoT device would be Amazons Echo voice-control system, which doubles as a wireless music player.
Commercial IoT
Commercial IoT targets our daily environment outside of the home (consumer IoT). There is a set of applications that can be deployed in places we frequently visit such as commercial office buildings, supermarkets, stores, hotels, healthcare facilities, or entertainment venues. The applications for these places vary from variables monitoring to environmental conditions, personal control schedule, building access, as well as connected lighting, asset tracking, and many more. These types of applications provide a better experience to guests in places like hotels and restaurants through more efficient monitoring in smart buildings and smart offices.
Commercial IoT solutions are open to any connectivity type like Bluetooth, WiFi, ZigBee, Sigfox, LoRa, and LTE.
Industrial IoT
Industrial IoT might be viewed as rugged, long-term commercial IoT, but that overlooks the differences in IIoT’s design and infrastructure. IIoT solutions often target existing automated industrial systems. The difference is that these systems may be older, so the level of sensors is often based on what was available. They provide sufficient information to control the industrial process, but additional information would be useful if it’s possible to incorporate more sensors. Like commercial systems, industrial IoT is more amenable to gateway use. Incorporating many gateways requires planning, but they ultimately provide the ability to do more processing on the floor.
IIoT gateways will often have more user customization, or even the ability to run user applications. These systems may require significantly more customization than a commercial system in order to tailor them for a particular industrial process.
So where do IoT applications like smart cars and smart cities fit? Smart cars would fall into the consumer IoT realm, while smart cities might be a mix of commercial and industrial IoT.
Table shows the different sectors covered by the IOT
Industrial
IoT
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Commercial
IoT
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Manufacturing: OEE
Monitoring, Energy Efficiency, Predictive maintenance, Supply chain
management
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Hospitality:
Energy Efficiency & HVAC, Location based info., occupancy monitoring,
customer service scoring
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Mining / Oil
& Gas: Equipment monitoring, asset
tracking, production monitoring
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Healthcare:
Cold chain monitoring, patient monitoring, virtual care, wellness &
prevention
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Agriculture:
Environmental monitoring, irrigation management, product yield monitoring,
water management
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Retail:
In-store promotions, shopper analytics, smart ordering & payment, vending
machines
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Smart Cities:
Smart parking, environmental monitoring, road & traffic transport, social
& security
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Building
Automation: Access control, safety and security,
living assistance, energy efficiency
& HVAC.
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Utilities:
smart meters, electrical grid management, power line monitoring, water & waste management.
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Summary:
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