Concepts

Main scope of this package is to support you as an IoT developer in building IoT solutions with scalable and secure ingestion of large volumes of device data.

A typical solution for an IP-ready edge device will most probably be composed as show in the following picture.

In case your device cannot be directly connected to the cloud, you might need to additionally employ a gateway

This chapter will help you with details on the following concepts.

Table of contents

• Building blocks of Bosch IoT Suite for Asset Communication

• Authentication and authorization

  • Auth for service subscription

  • Auth for subscription management

  • Auth for device provisioning

  • Auth for sending device data to the Hub

  • Auth for forwarding device data from Hub to Things

  • Auth for accessing data via Things

  • Auth for messaging from Things to Hub to Device and back

• Unique identifier - common device ID patterns

• Cloud Protocol Gateway - operated by a customer

• Specification digital twin model mapping