Development and Optimization of the Internet of Things Network for Product Quality Monitoring

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to analyze methods, approaches and means of Internet of Things (IoT) technology for product quality control. The objectives of the article are: analysis of dairy farm management problems, development of the structure of the IoT network for milk quality analysis, development of an algorithm for the operation of the IoT milk quality control network, optimization of IoT network protocols choice. Two types of management are considered for the functioning of a dairy farm: production and processes. To implement dairy farm management using 4.0 technology, the use of an IoT network is proposed, in which various communication protocols are considered. The structure of the IoT network of four-level dairy farm management is proposed, which includes analyzers, a gateway, a cloud platform and various applications for farmers and operators. A generalized algorithm for milk quality control on a farm based on the developed IoT network structure is presented, which includes receiving information from analyzers, transmitting it through a gateway to a cloud platform for storage and intelligent processing, displaying results through operator applications. The application of intelligent algorithms for farm management is also considered: data processing and training ‒ ML, knowledge processing ‒ DT, security ‒ FL. The process of selecting a suitable network protocol for monitoring a dairy farm is carried out using the hierarchy analysis method, which uses expert estimates corresponding to four network indicators: transmission speed, distance, frequency and security. The formulated approaches can be applied in various production processes to monitor product quality.