Methodology for Monitoring Manufacturing Environment by Using Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) and the Internet of Things (IoT)

Manufacturing currently faces tremendous potentials with the rapid development of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) and Internet of Things (IoT). As one example, a real-time application for environment monitoring in manufacturing will offer the opportunity to improve its resource and energy efficiency. This requires a structured approach to integrating both WSN and IoT. Although established technology exists, there is a lack of methodology to construct multiple hardware and software platforms and interoperate them effectively. Thus, this paper presents a two-step framework in order to first design a system architecture and then to determine selection criteria for each component. A case study for temperature monitoring is presented for a proof-of-concept.