• DocumentCode
    2585106
  • Title

    Towards new hybrid networks for industrial automation

  • Author

    Sauter, Thilo ; Jasperneite, Jürgen ; Bello, Lucia Lo

  • Author_Institution
    Austrian Acad. of Sci., Wiener Neustadt, Austria
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    22-25 Sept. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    8
  • Abstract
    In factory communication systems, wireless networks are likely to complement wired automation networks, rather than replacing them. There is therefore an increasing interest in the way wireless and wired systems will interact and form a hybrid network. The hybrid network architecture proposed in this paper specifically addresses WLAN infrastructures in industrial environments. The paper discusses design challenges and describes the proposed system architecture and its main components.
  • Keywords
    factory automation; production engineering computing; wireless LAN; WLAN infrastructures; factory communication systems; hybrid network architecture; industrial automation; wired automation networks; wireless networks; Access protocols; Communication industry; Ethernet networks; Field buses; Manufacturing automation; Peer to peer computing; Production facilities; Spine; Wireless application protocol; Wireless networks;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation, 2009. ETFA 2009. IEEE Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Mallorca
  • ISSN
    1946-0759
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2727-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1946-0759
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ETFA.2009.5347127
  • Filename
    5347127