Introduction to Industrial IoT

This chapter introduces the reader to the IoT world, highlighting the key factors driving its growth and the main technologies behind it. We will go through the basic concepts of the IoT and how these have been applied, tailored, and specialized to fit Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) scenarios. We will then look at the similarities and differences between the IoT and the IIoT, and consider some of the key use cases and expected outcomes of the IIoT. The reader will become familiar with some of the key concepts related to the IIoT, such as operational efficiency, preventive and predictive maintenance, and cost optimization. In this chapter, we will also clarify the kind of IIoT that will be dealt with in this book.

We will cover the following topics:

• IoT background
• IoT key technologies
• What is the IIoT?
• Use cases of the IIoT and IoT—similarities and differences
• IoT analytics and Artificial Intelligence of Things ...