IICF (Industrial Internet of Things Connectivity Framework)

Connections to other Concepts

• Developed by IIC (Industry IoT Consortium)
• Extends IIRA (Industrial Internet Reference Architecture) in the realm of connectivity considerations

Short Description

• Reference Architecture for IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) system
• The IICF architecture suggests that each IIoT system shall choose a “connectivity core standard” to which all communications bridge.
• Provides an assessment template to determine the suitability of connectivity standards to simplify the choice of connectivity core standard
• Simplifies interoperation between various subsystems, devices and applications in the IIoT system, and also simplifies integration with other IIoT systems, even if they use a different connectivity core standard.
• Defines an open connectivity reference architecture, and helps practitioners navigate their way to categorize, evaluate, and determine the suitability of a connectivity technology for the system at hand
• Provides a catalog of IIoT connectivity standards

Facts and Figures.

• 2015: First publication of IICF
• Based on the Open Systems Interconnect (OSI) Model and the Internet Protocol Suite, but has been designed to support the separation of the transport and framework layers

Stakeholders

• Stakeholder IIC (Industry IoT Consortium)

Use Cases.

• Data exchange and interoperability between components and subsystems
• Accelerating the development of new applications
• Connectivity architectures that can address the diversity of IIoT systems

Industry Sectors

• Energy
• Healthcare
• Manufacturing
• Mining
• Retail
• Smart Cities
• Transportation

International Distribution

Google Trends

Sources

• https://www.iiconsortium.org/iicf/
• https://www.iiconsortium.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/IIoT-Connectivity-Framework-2022-06-08.pdf