Title :
A wireless gateway for fieldbus
Author :
Morel, Philippe ; Croisier, Alain
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Eng., Swiss Federal Inst. of Technol., Lausanne, Switzerland
Abstract :
We study wireless communications within the context of industrial applications [Gerla and Lessard 1994]. The question of interest is whether or not wireless connections can be used for accessing distant sensors and actuators through fieldbus [Pleinevaux and Decotignie 1993]. The question of interest is where the bandwidth of available wireless connections allows access to distant sensors/actuators through a fieldbus protocol. The paper describes a gateway design for the extension of a FIP standard fieldbus through a narrowband radio channel. The performance limit is evaluated and an example given for a 9600 bps channel
Keywords :
computer networks; factory automation; field buses; network interfaces; protocols; radio networks; radiocommunication; 9600 bit/s; FIP standard fieldbus; actuators; distant sensors; fieldbus; fieldbus protocol; industrial applications; narrowband radio channel; performance limit; wireless gateway; Access protocols; Actuators; Bandwidth; Communication industry; Context; Field buses; Narrowband; Wireless application protocol; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 1995. PIMRC'95. Wireless: Merging onto the Information Superhighway., Sixth IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Toronto, Ont.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3002-1
DOI :
10.1109/PIMRC.1995.476413
