For the IoT Internet of Things, this is also a vast field, and the most difficult thing to enter here is the industrial Internet of Things. It can be predicted that in the field of Internet of Things, the Internet of Things will release huge productivity and improve efficiency immeasurably. Especially in the industrial scene of "three highs and one dispersion", how to realize the transformation and upgrading of the Internet of Things with the help of the Internet?
With the continuous penetration of IT, CT and cloud computing technologies into industrial scenes, everything seems to have entered the cloud era. Then, in addition to everything on the cloud, on the edge of the network, connecting massive and heterogeneous, real-time business, application intelligence, data optimization and security privacy challenges will be the problems to be solved by edge computing.
Innovative application of edge computing to realize intelligent water affairs
Smart water is a powerful practical exploration of edge computing in the field of industrial Internet of Things. At the recent 20 17 edge computing industry summit held in Beijing, Huawei and Shanghai weipaige smart water co., ltd formally reached an important cooperation agreement, combining Huawei's edge computing internet of things (EC-IoT) solution with weipaige smart water supply management platform to build a data-driven urban smart water supply design and manufacturing integrated platform, laying the foundation for the digital transformation of the water supply industry.
Smart water, that is, a more comprehensive smart water solution based on the concept of industrial internet. It includes the integration of the original informatization, not a single module, but the integration of the Internet of Things, breaking through barriers and the Internet of Things, realizing the interconnection of various services and forming a unified data platform.
Specifically, as a typical scene of industrial Internet of Things, the water supply equipment in the water system also has the characteristics of "three highs and one dispersion": high price, high maintenance cost, large number of equipment and very scattered distribution. This makes the traditional water work can only be solved by manpower, which is time-consuming and laborious, difficult to maintain and has a huge workload. In the cooperation with Weipaige's smart water, Huawei's EC-IoT solution provides the connection of water supply equipment and various sensors through the Internet of Things gateway with strong edge computing capability and open architecture; The cloud management architecture enables the agile controller with millions of equipment management capabilities to provide equipment management, computing resource management and application management functions, and connect with Weipaige's smart water supply management platform and system through an open interface. By collecting the running data of water supply equipment in real time and combining with the cloud big data analysis platform, we can fully understand the "health indicators" of various components of water supply equipment and realize the preventive maintenance of water supply equipment. This will not only greatly improve the normal running time of water supply equipment, but also make water supply safer. It can be said that Huawei's edge computing Internet of Things solution has accelerated the digital transformation in the field of industrial Internet of Things through deep open edge computing capabilities and cloud management architecture.
According to Yang Feng, deputy general manager of Shanghai Weipaige Smart Water Co., Ltd., through the cooperation with Huawei in smart water affairs, Weipaige replaced the original traditional automation equipment with intelligent equipment, realized online management of equipment, online fault diagnosis and pre-diagnosis, energy consumption monitoring and analysis, and even broke through the barrier between the Internet of Things and the original vertical business application, forming a unified urban water supply platform with official website data and waterworks data.
At the same time, the effect brought by the smart water scheme is also very significant: through the edge computing Internet of Things, water supply equipment can be connected and the status of water supply equipment can be monitored in real time. This scheme helps water enterprises and operation management departments to shorten the fault detection time by 70%, reduce the fault rate by 60% and save the manpower maintenance cost by about 60%.
Core competence supports edge computing.
According to Wang Shaosen, general manager of enterprise gateway field of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., in the field of industrial Internet of Things, we must have two abilities to cope with the complexity of industrial scenes: First, we must have the ability to adapt to complex environments such as industrial temperature and humidity; Second, in the face of the industrial Internet with complex protocols and diverse scenarios, it is necessary to have the ability to connect with industry enterprises. Therefore, the core of Huawei's edge computing Internet of Things (EC-IoT) solution lies in: after connecting with most terminal field devices, the background should have communication ability; Secondly, a large cloud platform is needed to develop various industry applications on this platform.
"What Huawei can do is to provide such a platform and provide proprietary industrial application-level capabilities for all walks of life on the platform architecture. This ability must be provided by the ecological partners in our ecosystem. For Huawei, we have many leading companies as ecological partners in all walks of life. They will combine their own industry applications to achieve a leading position in industry market control, and work with Huawei to improve the edge computing IoT solution, so that our solution can reach the global leading level. " Wang Shaosen said.
When talking about the cooperation between Weipaige and Huawei in smart water affairs, Yang Feng said: "Huawei is an all-round company. In addition to traditional ICT capabilities, Huawei also has cloud capabilities, edge capabilities, and recently created NB-IoT. Data capability of video processing, etc. These are all needed for the future industrial Internet of Things, so the future cooperation space between Weipaige and Huawei will become wider and wider. " It is understood that in the future, with the deepening of the digital transformation of the industry, the Huawei-Weipaige joint program will also comprehensively enhance the digitalization, informationization, intelligence and high reliability of the traditional water supply system.
Bright prospects Edge computing makes life better.
The application of EC-IoT is not only in the field of smart water. According to Wang Shaosen, since last year, after more than a year of product development and application, Huawei's edge computing Internet of Things (EC-IoT) solution has taken root in many industries.
The Edge Computing Industry Alliance (ECC) initiated by Huawei and other companies last year, after a year's development, now has 154 member units, including leading enterprises from intelligent manufacturing, smart cities, energy and electricity and ICT industries, as well as research institutes and universities in related fields. It is understood that up to now, the Edge Computing Industry Alliance (ECC) has completed 2 1 test bed scheme.
At the end of the signing ceremony, Wang Shaosen told the guests and reporters: "The knowledge and technology accumulated over the years have enabled us to digitally transform all walks of life in the field of Internet of Things. When the edge needs computing power, we have an edge computing platform, which enables us to make special optimization for various scenarios. Generally speaking, the future development of the Internet of Things is full of bright. Edge computing will help all walks of life enter the intelligent age. We will let numbers change our lives and make our lives better. This is also our philosophy. "