Title :
Wireless communication in automation
Author :
Bradac, Zdenek ; Fiedler, Petr ; Cach, Petr ; Vrba, Radimir
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Electr. Eng. & Commun., Brno Univ. of Technol., Czech Republic
Abstract :
The paper shows the challenges associated with attempts to utilize Bluetooth communication interface for automation purposes like control and data acquisition. The paper describes major challenges, selected approach, first tests, first experiences with Bluetooth on Linux. and first prototypes of embedded devices used for testing. Moreover the paper discusses some specific challenges associated with utilization of wireless communication techniques (focused to Bluetooth) in automation. Finally the paper presents ideas (formal methods) that could be used to analyze, and improve reliability of such system, and approach (time triggered approach with clock synchronization) that could be used to improve the deterministicity of wireless communication channels.
Keywords :
Bluetooth; control engineering computing; data acquisition; decentralised control; human computer interaction; network operating systems; peripheral interfaces; synchronisation; wireless sensor networks; BlueZ software package; Bluetooth communication interface; HCI interface; Linux; RS-232 interface; USB interface; automation; clock synchronization; control and data acquisition; embedded devices; formal methods; hierarchical decentralized control system; local sensor station; personal area network; time triggered approach; wireless communication; Automatic control; Automation; Bluetooth; Clocks; Communication system control; Data acquisition; Linux; Prototypes; Testing; Wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 2003. ICECS 2003. Proceedings of the 2003 10th IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8163-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICECS.2003.1301871
