An innovative distributed instrument for WirelessHART testing

Author

Ferrari, P. ; Flammini, A. ; Marioli, D. ; Rinaldi, Stefano ; Sisinni, Emiliano ; Taroni, A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. for Autom., Univ. of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

fYear

2009

fDate

5-7 May 2009

Firstpage

1091

Lastpage

1096

Abstract

In the last few years solutions adopted in industrial communication have been deeply changed thanks to the adoption of technologies borrowed from completely different areas. In particular, the advent of hybrid wired/wireless networks promises to greatly improve efficiency and scalability. However, their success will depend on the availability of standard solutions, that ensure multivendor compatibility. Recently, the WirelessHART specifications have been released, making it the only available standard for wireless networking in the industrial field. In this paper, authors present an innovative distributed instrument that will make easier the debug and the development of WirelessHART devices and networks.

Keywords

wireless sensor networks; WirelessHART specifications; WirelessHART testing; hybrid wired-wireless networks; industrial communication; innovative distributed instrument; multivendor compatibility; wireless networking; Automation; Communication industry; Communication system security; Electronic equipment testing; Frequency; Instruments; Media Access Protocol; Scalability; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; WirelessHART; low power system; realtime systems; synchronization; wireless sensor network;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2009. I2MTC '09. IEEE

Conference_Location

Singapore

ISSN

1091-5281

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3352-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.2009.5168616

Filename

5168616