A Comprehensive and Investigative Study of ReferenceArchitectureofIndustrialInternetofThingsandIndustry4.0

Abstract

Due to an excessiveinterestandattentiontowardthe digitaltransformation of theModern ManufacturingAssets, a significant amount of research and study is required to build a sustainable system architecture thatintegrate the Industry 4.0 assets with the state of art Internet of Things concept, and to provide an easilyimplementable system. The system in need should not only work efficiently but also comply with StandardCyber Securities practices. Multiple research papers and business review literatures are present to supportvarious system architectures but a reasonable comprehensive and investigative reference is required to bridge agapandprovideareferenceforfuturestudies.Mainobjectiveofpresentworkistoreviewreferencearchitectures for Industrial Internet of Things and analyze them forsuitability to support various Industry 4.0architectures. For the same we put significant effort to review and research these existing architectures and comeup with thoroughly developed analytical information. We also address their uses and technologies to supporttheir implementation process. As a result, we observed that current technologies and their system architecturesneedmore advancementtomake iteasytoimplement,lowcostsolution.