IoT Communication Protocols Adoption Report 2022

Description

110-page adoption report on the “IoT communication protocols landscape” including statistics on:

The 23 most used communication protocols

Main challenges that adopters face in their connectivity setup

Most common decision makers for communication protocols

Protocol ratings based on a list of 20+ traits

Most used IoT platforms/brokers/protocol converters and other middleware

Most popular databases and data formats

And more

The “IoT Communication Protocols Adoption Report 2022” is part of IoT Analytics' ongoing coverage of IoT hardware and connectivity. The information presented in this report is based on extensive research and an extensive survey of n=200 communication protocol users and decision-makers in manufacturing, healthcare, retail, and other industries.

The purpose of this document is to inform interested parties of the state of the IoT communication protocols landscape through the IoT Analytics research lens.

Questions answered in this report:

What are the most used IoT and industrial communication protocols?

What are respondents' plans when it comes to their connectivity setups?

What are the biggest pain points that people have when setting up connectivity in their operations?

Who is the primary decision maker for adopting new protocols and which protocol traits affect their decision?

How well does each protocol fair for a number of common traits (among a list of 22 different traits)?

Which brokers/protocol converters/IoT platforms are the most used and highest rated?

What are the most popular data formats and databases that complement the connectivity setups?

What are the most used tools for data manipulation?

At a glance:

Definition

Communication protocols: A set of rules that enables the effective communication (i.e., data exchange) of different machines/devices in a network setting. <>The concept is similar to the languages we use to communicate. If two people do not speak the same language, the exchange between them is not going to be effective.

SAMPLE VIEW

This report includes statistics on the adoption of communication protocols between devices and middleware as well as middleware and applications.

An extensive analysis shows which departments are the decision makers when it comes to a new communication protocol. The results include segmentation by region, industry, and company size.

The report presents the most important features a communication protocol needs to have to be selected as part of a connectivity setup.

This publication shows an analysis of the usage of different middleware vendors (e.g., IoT platforms, brokers, protocol converters) by industry, region, and company size.

The results for the most used tool for collecting, normalizing, and contextualizing data as part of the connectivity setup are presented in this adoption report.

IoT Analytics includes 23 deep dives on communication protocols, including usage and installation statistics in this report.

1. Executive Summary

2. Introduction

1. Table of contents
2. Starting point: The IoT protocol landscape is complex
3. In 2022, managing protocols remains a key pain point for IoT projects
4. Popularity of individual protocols has been changing
5. Overview: What a protocol is and where it sits in the IoT architecture
6. Reference model for understanding protocols: The OSI Model
7. A simplified analogy of the OSI Model in the real world
8. Selected protocols on the OSI Model layers
9. Protocol classification
10. Key software/middleware building blocks for IoT communication
11. Structure of this report: Analyzing the IoT connectivity setup through 4 lenses (from an end-user point of view)

3. Methodology

1. The report is based on a survey of 200 end users of communication protocols
2. Full list of survey questions
3. Survey respondents sampling overview (1/3)
4. Survey respondents sampling overview (2/3)
5. Survey respondents sampling overview (3/3)

4. Connectivity Strategy & Protocol Setup

1. Connectivity Strategy & Protocol Setup - Overview and key takeaway
2. Network connectivity: How data is moved from a device/asset to elsewhere
3. Usage and growth for protocol groups across IoT architecture layers
4. Connectivity from device/assets to middleware: Today and in 2 years
5. Connectivity from middleware to applications: Today and in 2 years
6. Connectivity protocols: Which protocol for which operations use case
7. Connectivity protocols: Usage across different installations
8. Smart operations connectivity strategy: Key quotes
9. Smart operations connectivity pain points: Key quotes
10. Connected products connectivity strategy: Key quotes
11. Connected products connectivity pain points: Key quotes

5. Decision Making & Protocol Traits

1. Decision Making & Protocol Traits - Overview and key takeaways
2. Deciding on a protocol - Decision makers and important traits
3. Deciding on a protocol - Decision makers
4. Deciding on a protocol - Decision makers - By industry
5. Deciding on a protocol - Decision makers - By region
6. Deciding on a protocol - Decision makers - By company size
7. 22 different traits that define each protocol
8. Most important protocol traits
9. Most important protocol traits - by industry
10. Most important protocol traits - by region
11. Most important protocol traits - by company size
12. Top protocols based on 22 specific traits
13. Protocol rating based on traits (1/2)
14. Protocol rating based on traits (2/2)

6. Vendors & Vendor Satisfaction

1. Vendors & Vendor Satisfaction - Overview and key takeaways
2. Vendor usage and satisfaction (1/2)
3. Vendor usage and satisfaction (2/2)
4. Broker usage deep-dive
5. Protocol converter usage deep-dive
6. IoT platform usage deep-dive
7. Other middleware usage deep-dive
8. Software architectures - where connectivity middleware is deployed

7. Data & Databases

1. Data & Databases - Overview and key takeaways
2. Most popular data formats
3. Most popular databases
4. Tools used for data collection and manipulation
5. How time critical is the transported data?

8. Protocol Deep Dives

1. Protocol deployment (1/3): Assets/devices to middleware
2. Protocol deployment (2/3): Middleware to applications
3. Protocol deployment (3/3): Comparison
4. Protocol deep-dive (1/23): Protocol X
5. Protocol deep-dive (1/23): Protocol X - Further details
6. Protocol deep-dive (2/23): Protocol X
7. Protocol deep-dive (2/23): Protocol X - Further details
8. Protocol deep-dive (3/23): Protocol X
9. Protocol deep-dive (4/23): Protocol X
10. Protocol deep-dive (4/23): Protocol X - Further details
11. Protocol deep-dive (5/23): Protocol X
12. Protocol deep-dive (5/23): Protocol X- Further details
13. Selected quotes: Protocol X tailwinds & inhibitors
14. Protocol deep-dive (6/23): Protocol X
15. Protocol deep-dive (7/23): Protocol X
16. Protocol deep-dive (7/23): Protocol X- Further details
17. Protocol deep-dive (8/23): Protocol X
18. Protocol deep-dive (8/23): Protocol X - Further details
19. Protocol deep-dive (9/23): Protocol X
20. Protocol deep-dive (10/23): Protocol X
21. Protocol deep-dive (11/23): Protocol X
22. Protocol deep-dive (12/23): Protocol X
23. Protocol deep-dive (13/23): Protocol X
24. Protocol deep-dive (14/23): Protocol X
25. Protocol deep-dive (15/23): Protocol X
26. Protocol deep-dive (16/23): Protocol X
27. Protocol deep-dive (16/23): Protocol X - Further details
28. Protocol deep-dive (17/23): Protocol X
29. Protocol deep-dive (18/23): Protocol X
30. Protocol deep-dive (19/23): Protocol X
31. Protocol deep-dive (20/23): Protocol X
32. Protocol deep-dive (21/23): Protocol X
33. Protocol deep-dive (22/23): Protocol X
34. Protocol deep-dive (23/23): Protocol X

9. Appendix

1. List of screener questions for this survey
2. Overview: The 13 smart operations use cases (1/2)
3. Overview: The 13 smart operations use cases (2/2)
4. About IoT Analytics
5. Other reports by IoT Analytics
6. Information and contact