Analysing and Realising Wireless Mesh Networks As a Replacement for Lon Based Distributed Control Networks for Clean Room Environment

Clean rooms for semiconductor industry are normally massive constructions, and can employ thousands of devices to maintain the environmental conditions. In order to connect such a large number of devices spread over few thousands of square meters, a suitable network protocol is required which allows such large number of nodes along with easy network management and large inter-node distances without repeaters. Wired solutions have been used for such applications and this is very costly due to the large amount of cabling involved. This paper focus on a wireless system based on Zigbeetrade wireless standard as a possible replacement for above mentioned wired networks.