GCP Service |
Purpose |
Cloud IoT Core |
Securely connects and manages IoT devices; streams data to cloud or edge. |
Edge TPU / IoT Edge Devices |
Runs lightweight AI inference locally with low latency; accelerates edge ML workloads. |
Pub/Sub |
Streams events and edge-generated insights from devices to cloud analytics pipelines. |
Dataflow |
Processes aggregated data from multiple edge devices for further cloud analytics. |
Vertex AI / Cloud ML |
Train models in the cloud and deploy optimized versions to edge devices. |
Cloud Functions |
Event-driven automation triggered by edge-inferred anomalies or decisions. |
BigQuery |
Stores aggregated edge and cloud data for historical analysis and reporting. |
Cloud Monitoring / Logging |
Tracks edge device performance, inference latency, and connectivity. |
Cloud Storage |
Stores model artifacts, device logs, and edge-generated data for archival. |
Cloud Key Management Service (KMS) |
Ensures secure storage and transfer of sensitive model and sensor data. |