On 14 October, SAC released China’s first standard for the network of industrial internet: GB/T 42021-2022 industrial internet – general network architecture.
Network is the foundation of industrial Internet and the key infrastructure for interconnecting human, machine and materials in the whole industrial process. Industrial internet network realizes the interconnection of different industrial elements including research, design, production, sales, management, and service, supports the open flow and deep integration of various industrial data, and ultimately promotes the optimal integration and efficient allocation of various industrial resources.
GB/T 42021-2022 aims at satisfying the need of planning, design, construction, upgrading and rebuilding of industrial internet networks. It stipulates the target architecture and function requirements of the network architecture inside and outside the factory, and puts forward the network implementation framework and security requirements.
In January 2019, MIIT and SAC had jointly released the Guidelines for constructing a comprehensive standards system for industrial internet, providing the standardization framework for the industrial internet ecosystem. GB/T 42021-2022 is one of the core standards of the network section in this system: it will help regulate the construction of industrial internet networks and guide basic network operators, industrial enterprises, and network service providers to establish their industrial internet.
