A wireless gateway for fieldbus

Author

Morel, Philippe ; Croisier, Alain

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Eng., Swiss Federal Inst. of Technol., Lausanne, Switzerland

Volume

1

fYear

1995

fDate

27-29 Sep 1995

Firstpage

105

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PIMRC.1995.476413

Filename

476413