Title :
Requirements for wireless extensions of a FIP fieldbus
Author :
Morel, Ph. ; Croisier, A. ; Decotignie, J.-D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Swiss Federal Inst. of Technol., Lausanne, Switzerland
Abstract :
We study wireless communications within the context of industrial applications. The question of interest is whether or not wireless connections can be used for accessing distant sensors and actuators through fieldbus. Another question of interest is whether the bandwidth of currently available wireless connections allow the access to distant sensors/actuators through a fieldbus protocol. The paper describes a repeater design for the extension of a FIP standard fieldbus
Keywords :
field buses; protocols; radio repeaters; wireless LAN; FIP fieldbus; bandwidth; distant sensors/actuators; fieldbus protocol; repeater; wireless communications; Access protocols; Actuators; Bandwidth; Communication industry; Context; Field buses; Repeaters; Wireless application protocol; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, 1996. EFTA '96. Proceedings., 1996 IEEE Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3685-2
DOI :
10.1109/ETFA.1996.573264
