Title
A Layered Middleware for OT/IT Convergence to Empower Industry 5.0 Applications
Abstract
We are still in the midst of Industry 4.0 (I4.0), with more manufacturing lines being labeled as smart thanks to the integration of advanced ICT in Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS). While I4.0 aims to provision cognitive CPS systems, the nascent Industry 5.0 (I5.0) era goes a step beyond, aiming to build cross-border, sustainable, and circular value chains benefiting society as a whole. An enabler of this vision is the integration of data and AI in the industrial decision-making process, which does not exhibit yet a coordination between the Operation and Information Technology domains (OT/IT). This work proposes an architectural approach and an accompanying software prototype addressing the OT/IT convergence problem. The approach is based on a two-layered middleware solution, where each layer aims to better serve the specific differentiated requirements of the OT and IT layers. The proposal is validated in a real testbed, employing actual machine data, showing the capacity of the components to gracefully scale and serve increasing data volumes.
Year
DOI
Venue
2022
10.3390/s22010190
SENSORS
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Industry 5, 0, smart manufacturing, OT, IT integration, cloud continuum, machine-to-machine, cyber-physical systems
Journal
22
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
1
1424-8220
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Lorenzo Patera121.73
Andrea Garbugli200.34
Armir Bujari300.34
Domenico Scotece463.11
Antonio Corradi500.34