OPC UA Communication Layer

This section of the catalog contains information about the Communication Layer of OPC UA.

Currently, the following entries are available:

• Client Server
• Pub Sub
• Security

Connections to other Concepts

• Part of OPC UA (Open Platform Communications Unified Architecture)
• Defines OPC UA over TSN (Time-Sensitive Networking)

Short Description

• Describes how data is transferred using OPC UA Client-Server and/or Publish-Subscribe

• Mapping to protocols

• Mapping to encodings (e.g. JSON, HTML)
• Ensuring built-in Security
• OPC UA Applications can use both types of communication in parallel
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Facts and Figures

Stakeholders

• OPC Foundation

Use Cases

• Technical aspect of data transport

Industry Sectors

• OPC UA (Open Platform Communications Unified Architecture) is a cross-sector communication standard

International Distribution

Google Trends

Sources

• OPC Foundation Specifications
• VDMA Publications on Interoperability