Overcoming the Limitations of Current or

Legacy M2M Systems

M2M Evolution: The Old and the New Internet of Things

Munich, 10.12.2012

Robert Andres

The Internet of Things Legacy M2M Systems

• M2M is not a new concept - device to business applications have

been implemented for many years

• M2M is just a new term for distributed systems like the ones we

have built for years

• Technology advances and standardization lead to a commoditization

of distributed systems

• There is a huge number of legacy protocols and technologies

implemented and in use today that have to be supported

The Internet of Things Understanding Legacy Architectures

Multi-Drop Polled Circuits

Operation

Consoles

FEP Host

Enterprise Applications

• Poll/Response Paradigm uses 100% of available bandwidth

• The data “Transport” is the “Application” • One protocol for all field equipment limits deployment of new

technology & impedes migration to new technologies

Allen-Bradley DF1

Allen-Bradley DH+

Allen-Bradley EN/IP

Amocam (all versions)

ARCNet

ATS

BITbus

CANbus

CA

CCM2

CDCI

CDCII

Conitel

DeviceNet

Daniel

DL130

DNP 3.0

Elliott

Enron Modbus

F&M

Ferranti MK2A

Galveston-Houston

GPE

GSI

Harris 5000/5500/6000

Hansa S002

HART

Hayes

Honeywell DE

Kodata

L&J

LANDAC

Landis & Gyr

Micromotion Flowscale

MODBUS ASCII

MODBUS RTU

MODBUS Plus

MPS9000

MTS

Omron Host Link

Optomux

PERT 2631

Plessey TC6

RDACSII

REDAC 70H

RNIM

Siemens 3964R

Siemens RK512

SLIP

SNET -I

SNET –II

GE SRTP

TANO Model 10

TANO Model 100

TCP/IP

Tejas

Total-Flow

Transit Bus

TRW 9550

Valmet Series 5

Transmitton MT700

TRW S-70

TRW S-703

Varec

Wesdac 4F

WISP

The Internet of Things ... with just a few Industry Protocols

The Internet of Things Understanding Legacy Architectures

One-to-One data relationship

between the Host and field

equipment.

Custom applications are

required to access data

Multi-Drop Polled Circuits

Operation

Consoles

FEP Host

Custom

Application

ERP

Modeling

Engineering Custom

Application

Enterprise Applications

The Internet of Things Legacy Architectures – Implementation Barrier

Complex mix of data producers, consumers, and services is not

addressed:

• One-to-One data relationship between the services (devices,

sensors) and the (enterprise) applications requiring the data

• Custom applications on a database level are required to access

data

• 60%-90% of Project Effort on Data Delivery

• Costly Bandwidth Consumption

• Protocol is the Transport – Can’t break apart

The Internet of Things Architectural Approach for more effective M2M Solutions

What needs to be done:

• Decoupling of consumers and producers of data

• Single flexible & manageable M2M infrastructure

• Flexible, IT centric SEN hardware & software platforms

But …

• “Minimal-invasive” approach

• Integrating legacy systems, preserving investments

• Reduce cost (WAN, cellular, implementation, operations)

The Internet of Things Architectural Approach for more effective M2M Solutions

What needs to be done (short version):

Decoupling Producers & Consumers of M2M Device Data

+ Integrating and Consolidating Services at the Edge

The Internet of Things – Step 1 Decoupling Producers & Consumers of M2M Device Data

Many-to-Many data relationship

between the business applications

and the devices

Enterprise Applications

Location # 3

Location # 1

Location # 2

Enterprise Service Bus

For M2M Device Data

M2M

Integration

Platform

The Internet of Things – Step 2 Integrating and Consolidating Services at the Edge

M2M Smart Services Gateways

integrate and consolidate at the

remote location

Enterprise Applications

Location # 3

Location # 1

Location # 2

M2M Multi-Service

Gateway

APIs, Dashboards, Console, etc.

The Internet of Things Distributed Systems Architectural Overview

Consumers of Data

M2M

Integration Platform

Multi-

Service

Gateways

Producers of Data

M2M

Infrastructure

Solution

Operational

Technology

Building Block

Standard Interfaces

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