Emerging Technologies for Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks

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Author(s): Ivanovitch Silva (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil), Luiz Affonso Guedes (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil)and Paulo Portugal (University of Porto, Portugal)
Copyright: 2013
Pages: 17
Source title: Embedded Computing Systems: Applications, Optimization, and Advanced Design
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Mohamed Khalgui (Xidian University, China), Olfa Mosbahi (University of Carthage, Tunisia)and Antonio Valentini (O3neida Europe, Belgium)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-3922-5.ch017

Keywords: Computer Science & IT / Information Science Reference / Systems & Software Design / Systems and Software Engineering

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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.

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