Title :
Investigating WirelessHART coexistence issues through a specifically designed simulator
Author :
De Dominicis, C.M. ; Ferrari, P. ; Flammini, A. ; Sisinni, Emiliano ; Bertocco, Matteo ; Giorgi, Giada ; Narduzzi, Claudio ; Tramarin, Federico
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. for Autom., Univ. of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
Abstract :
In this paper, the WirelessHART communication scheme is investigated. The protocol is at first described, in order to underline the key aspects of its design; then, a simulation tool is presented: it enables analysis that accounts for both protocol and physical layers issues. In particular, interference effects on protocol choices can be easily analyzed. The experimental results, obtained from simulations, highlight improvements of WirelessHART with respect to IEEE 802.15.4 standard, concerning the Packet Error Ratio (PER) degradation of interfering networks.
Keywords :
error statistics; protocols; wireless sensor networks; IEEE 802.15.4 standard; WirelessHART communication scheme; interfering network; packet error ratio; physical layers; protocol; Automation; Electrical equipment industry; Field buses; Industrial control; Interference; Physical layer; Protocols; Wireless LAN; Wireless sensor networks; Working environment noise; WirelessHART; coexistence; simulation; wireless fieldbus; wireless sensor network;
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2009. I2MTC '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3352-0
DOI :
10.1109/IMTC.2009.5168615
