Emerging Technologies for Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks

• Type: Chapter or Part of a Book
• Date: 2013

Authors

Ivanovitch Silva (Author) Other; Luiz Affonso Guedes (Author) Other; Paulo Portugal (Author) FEUP

Book

Title: Embedded Computing Systems: Applications, Optimization, and Advanced Design

Pages: 343-359

ISBN: 978-1-4666-3923-2

Publisher: IGI Global

Indexing

Scopus - 9 Citations

Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Electrical engineering, Electronic engineering, Information engineering

CORDIS: Technological sciences > Engineering > Electrical engineering

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-009-9AZ

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-3922-5.ch017

Abstract (EN): The evolution of industrial networks can be summarized as a constant battle to define the universal technology that integrates field devices and applications. Since the Fieldbus wars in the 1980s, diverse wired solutions have been proposed. However, this scenario has been changing due to the introduction of industrial wireless sensor networks. In the last 10 years, the development of deterministic scheduling techniques, redundant routing algorithms, and energy saving issues has brought wireless sensor networks into the industrial domain. This new communication paradigm is governed by a de facto standard, the IEEE 802.15.4, and more recently also by the IEEE 802.15.5. However, there are signs of a new battle on the horizon with the new publicly available specifications of WirelessHART, ISA100.11a, and IEC 62601. In this chapter, to the authors analyze the advantages and drawbacks of these emerging technologies for industrial wireless sensor networks.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 16