Performance and Cost Analysis of an NB-IoT based Smart Factory Solution with OneNet Cloud

Based on the Internet of Things (IoT), the smart factory, aims to strengthen producibility and provide a system for manufacturing information management. The implementation of the smart factory usually raises worries regarding network reliability and cost. In this paper, a cost friendly and easily implemented smart factory solution is proposed and verified in a real factory environment, with China Mobile's NB-IoT network and OneNet PaaS platform. The measurement results proved its efficiency in typical smart factory use cases, and it is economical in both implementation and operation.