Concept for an architecture of a wireless building automation

Author

Stein, Gunnar ; Kabitzsch, Klaus

Author_Institution

Dresden Univ. of Technol., Germany

Volume

1

fYear

2002

fDate

2-4 Oct. 2002

Firstpage

139

Abstract

In several applications for automation, radio transmission could be a good alternative to wired field buses (see Rauchhaupt, L. and Hahniche, J., Proc. Fieldbus Conf. FeT´99, p.48-54,1999). The advantages are an easy, fast and low cost installation scenario in common with the possibility of flexible device placing. However, the specifics of radio require a very specialized protocol stack which affects the whole system architecture. Starting from the requirements of building automation, the paper shows a concept of an architecture for the integration of wireless devices into wired field buses. It is shown that radio transmission is well suited for open loop sensors and user terminals. But for actuators and backbones, it is a better choice to keep them on wires.

Keywords

building management systems; distributed sensors; field buses; indoor radio; protocols; actuators; backbones; flexible device placing; open loop sensors; protocol stack; user terminals; wired field bus; wireless building automation architecture; Automation; Batteries; Buildings; Communication system security; Costs; Energy consumption; Local area networks; Protocols; Wireless sensor networks; Wires;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Africon Conference in Africa, 2002. IEEE AFRICON. 6th

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7570-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AFRCON.2002.1146822

Filename

1146822