Methods and systems for communications in an industrial internet of things data collection environment with large data sets

A computer-implemented method for data collection in an industrial environment, the method comprising:

• providing a data collector communicatively coupled to a plurality of local input channels and to a network infrastructure, wherein the data collector collects data from a subset of the plurality of local input channels based on a selected data collection routine, and wherein the data collector transmits at least a subset of the collected data to the network infrastructure;
• providing a data storage structured to store the collected data that correspond to the subset of the plurality of local input channels;
• providing a data acquisition circuit structured to interpret a plurality of detection values from the collected data, each of the plurality of detection values corresponding to at least one of the plurality of local input channels;
• and
• providing a data analysis circuit structured to analyze the collected data and determine an aggregate rate of data being collected from the subset of the plurality of local input channels,
• wherein, in response to the aggregate rate exceeding a current bandwidth allocation rate associated with the network infrastructure, the data analysis circuit selectively, according to a hierarchy of components, deactivates monitoring points co-located on an industrial machine represented in the collected data to eliminate collected data until the current bandwidth allocation rate is increased to meet the determined aggregate rate of data.

An apparatus for monitoring data collection in an industrial environment, the apparatus comprising:

• a data collector component communicatively coupled to a plurality of local input channels and to a network infrastructure, wherein the data collector collects data from a subset of the plurality of local input channels based on a selected data collection routine, and wherein the data collector transmits at least a subset of the collected data to the network infrastructure;
• a data storage component structured to store the collected data that correspond to the subset of the plurality of local input channels;
• a data acquisition component structured to interpret a plurality of detection values from the collected data, each of the plurality of detection values corresponding to at least one of the plurality of local input channels;
• and
• a data analysis component structured to analyze the collected data and determine an aggregate rate of data being collected from the subset of the plurality of local input channels,
• wherein, in response to the aggregate rate exceeding a current bandwidth allocation rate associated with the network infrastructure, the data analysis component selectively, according to a hierarchy of components, deactivates monitoring points co-located on an industrial machine represented in the collected data to eliminate collected data until the current bandwidth allocation rate is increased to meet the determined aggregate rate of data.