Industrial Internet Application Development

Challenges in building reliable connectivity for devices in industrial environments

Let's look at the following challenges:

• Industrial settings can cause missed packets: The industrial environment poses many challenges that can negatively impact wireless communication. The steel construction and thick walls of factories create barriers for RF signals to the point where they cannot be properly received by the target device. The IoT gateway must be calibrated for signal sensitivity to properly receive the packets from the devices and sensors; a variation of as small as 2 dB change in sensitivity could be the difference between the successful or unsuccessful reception of a signal.
• Crowded frequency bands can result in lost packets: Connected ...