Abstract
Industry stands to benefit from adopting Internet of Things (IoT) practices. However, reliability and quality of service are of the utmost importance. Challenges such as intermittent connectivity in wide-area wireless communications can hamper the adoption and efficiency of IoT principles in industry. The aim of this paper, therefore, is to propose a new system that actively monitors the status of a wide-area wireless communications network to improve quality of service and ensure reliability. The new monitoring system was implemented on a telemetry system that is used by multiple industrial facilities in the Republic of South Africa. Successful monitoring of 80 remote end-points with more than one thousand individual industrial components was achieved, with communication failures or anomalies being detected immediately. In addition to the immediate detection of communication failures, the average connection uplink time was increased by more than 25 per cent.
Highlights
AND BACKGROUNDThe rapid expansion of the Internet into more facets of everyday life paves the way for the establishment of new research and development fields
One such field is the Internet of Things (IoT) which, while relatively new, proves set to become a major component of connectivity and communication in the modern era
Challenges currently present in the IoT field can hamper the outcomes of ‘smart’ systems. These challenges typically include limited bandwidth, intermittent connectivity of wireless networks, and potential security threats [18]. These challenges have a major effect on quality of service (QoS), which is a critical component in industrial IoT applications [19]
Summary
Author affiliations 1 Centre for Research and Continued Engineering Development, North-West University, Pretoria, South Africa. # Author was enrolled for his Masters studies at the North-West University’s Centre for Research and Continued Engineering Development (CRCED) in Pretoria, South Africa. Reliability and quality of service are of the utmost importance Challenges such as intermittent connectivity in wide-area wireless communications can hamper the adoption and efficiency of IoT principles in industry. The aim of this paper, is to propose a new system that actively monitors the status of a wide-area wireless communications network to improve quality of service and ensure reliability. Die doel van hierdie studie is om ’n unieke stelsel voor te stel wat in staat is om koordlose kommunikasie netwerke met ’n groot omvang te monitor, met die doel om die gehalte van diens en betroubaarheid van hierdie netwerke te verbeter.
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