Title :
Holistic design of wireless building automation systems
Author :
Ploennigs, Joern ; Dibowski, Henrik ; Ryssel, Uwe ; Kabitzsch, Klaus
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Dresden Univ. of Technol., Dresden, Germany
Abstract :
Wireless building automation systems are gaining momentum as they promise an easy installation in old and new buildings. But, the design of wireless building automation systems is still an extensive manual process with little to no tool support. In result, the system commissioning ends in trial-and-error set-ups to identify interoperable devices, to solve issues with wireless signal propagation and to understand energy problems of nodes. This paper introduces a holistic design approach that addresses these common issues in wireless building automation system design. It takes up novel design concepts and tools from wired system design and combines them in a holistic tool environment that supports the engineer in his common work flow to efficiently design reliable wireless building automation systems.
Keywords :
building management systems; radio networks; holistic design; holistic tool environment; interoperable devices; system commissioning; wireless building automation system; wireless signal propagation; Automation; Buildings; Design automation; Planning; System analysis and design; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation (ETFA), 2011 IEEE 16th Conference on
Conference_Location :
Toulouse
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0017-0
Electronic_ISBN :
1946-0740
DOI :
10.1109/ETFA.2011.6059107
