IDG Contributor Network: IoT alphabet soup: when should an enterprise use MQTT versus LWM2M?
There is tremendous interest from industrial enterprises to understand the nuances of the two most debated IoT data communications protocols: MQTT and LWM2M. MQTT and LWM2M are protocols that create a standard way to get device data to systems, platforms, applications, and other devices.
Let’s talk a little about each protocol and when it’s best used in an enterprise IoT deployment.
MQTT and when to use it
Message queuing telemetry transport (MQTT) is an ISO standard which describes a publish/subscribe (pub/sub) messaging protocol. Nearly all IoT platforms support MQTT communication, making it the de facto standard for device-to-platform IoT communication.