A Scalable Real-Time SDN-Based MQTT Framework for Industrial Applications
The increasing prominence of concepts such as Smart Production and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) within the context of Industry 4.0 has introduced a new set of requirements for the engineering of industrial systems, including support for dynamic environments, timeliness guarantees, support fo...
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| description | The increasing prominence of concepts such as Smart Production and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) within the context of Industry 4.0 has introduced a new set of requirements for the engineering of industrial systems, including support for dynamic environments, timeliness guarantees, support for heterogeneity, interoperability and reliability. These requirements are further exacerbated at the network level by the notable rise in the number and variety of devices involved. To stay competitive in this ever-changing industrial landscape while boosting productivity, it is vital to meet those requirements, combining established protocols with emerging technologies. Software-Defined Networking (SDN) is the forefront traffic management paradigm that offers flexibility for complex industrial networks, enabling efficient resource allocation and dynamic reconfiguration. Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) is a low-overhead protocol of the application layer that is gaining popularity in the scope of the IoT and IIoT. However, its Quality-of-Service (QoS) policies do not support timeliness requirements. This article presents a framework that seamlessly integrates SDN and MQTT, enhancing network management flexibility while satisfying real-time requirements found in industrial environments. It leverages the User Properties of MQTTv5 to allow specifying real-time requirements. MQTT traffic is intercepted by a Network Manager that extracts real-time information and instructs an SDN controller to deploy corresponding network reservations. MQTT traffic across multiple edge networks is propagated by selected brokers using multicasting. Extensive experiments validate the proposed approach, demonstrating its superiority over MQTT and Direct Multicast-MQTT (DM-MQTT) DM-MQTT in latency reduction. A response time analysis, validated experimentally, emphasizes robust performance across metrics. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-00363f94f0cc4d9f8fa76e02b9087e4c2025-01-17T00:00:58ZengIEEEIEEE Open Journal of the Industrial Electronics Society2644-12842024-01-01521523510.1109/OJIES.2024.337323210460326A Scalable Real-Time SDN-Based MQTT Framework for Industrial ApplicationsE. Shahri0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9911-8532P. Pedreiras1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0230-8714L. Almeida2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9544-3028DETI/Instituto de Telecomunicações, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, PortugalDETI/Instituto de Telecomunicações, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, PortugalCISTER-FEUP, University of Porto, Porto, PortugalThe increasing prominence of concepts such as Smart Production and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) within the context of Industry 4.0 has introduced a new set of requirements for the engineering of industrial systems, including support for dynamic environments, timeliness guarantees, support for heterogeneity, interoperability and reliability. These requirements are further exacerbated at the network level by the notable rise in the number and variety of devices involved. To stay competitive in this ever-changing industrial landscape while boosting productivity, it is vital to meet those requirements, combining established protocols with emerging technologies. Software-Defined Networking (SDN) is the forefront traffic management paradigm that offers flexibility for complex industrial networks, enabling efficient resource allocation and dynamic reconfiguration. Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) is a low-overhead protocol of the application layer that is gaining popularity in the scope of the IoT and IIoT. However, its Quality-of-Service (QoS) policies do not support timeliness requirements. This article presents a framework that seamlessly integrates SDN and MQTT, enhancing network management flexibility while satisfying real-time requirements found in industrial environments. It leverages the User Properties of MQTTv5 to allow specifying real-time requirements. MQTT traffic is intercepted by a Network Manager that extracts real-time information and instructs an SDN controller to deploy corresponding network reservations. MQTT traffic across multiple edge networks is propagated by selected brokers using multicasting. Extensive experiments validate the proposed approach, demonstrating its superiority over MQTT and Direct Multicast-MQTT (DM-MQTT) DM-MQTT in latency reduction. A response time analysis, validated experimentally, emphasizes robust performance across metrics.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10460326/Edge computingindustrial Internet of Things (IIoT)Internet-of-Things (IoT)message queuing telemetry transport (MQTT)real-time (RT) communicationsoftware-defined networking (SDN) |
| spellingShingle | E. Shahri P. Pedreiras L. Almeida A Scalable Real-Time SDN-Based MQTT Framework for Industrial Applications IEEE Open Journal of the Industrial Electronics Society Edge computing industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Internet-of-Things (IoT) message queuing telemetry transport (MQTT) real-time (RT) communication software-defined networking (SDN) |
| title | A Scalable Real-Time SDN-Based MQTT Framework for Industrial Applications |
| title_full | A Scalable Real-Time SDN-Based MQTT Framework for Industrial Applications |
| title_fullStr | A Scalable Real-Time SDN-Based MQTT Framework for Industrial Applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Scalable Real-Time SDN-Based MQTT Framework for Industrial Applications |
| title_short | A Scalable Real-Time SDN-Based MQTT Framework for Industrial Applications |
| title_sort | scalable real time sdn based mqtt framework for industrial applications |
| topic | Edge computing industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Internet-of-Things (IoT) message queuing telemetry transport (MQTT) real-time (RT) communication software-defined networking (SDN) |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10460326/ |
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