Title :
A Proposal towards flexible wireless communication in factory automation based on the IEEE 802.15.4 protocol
Author :
Collotta, Mario ; Lo Bello, Lucia ; Toscano, Emanuele
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Eng. & Telecommun., Univ. of Catania, Catania, Italy
Abstract :
This paper discusses on-going work investigating the use of IEEE 802.15.4 in a network architecture for factory automation, which aims at satisfying the requirements of industrial applications. In particular, one of the targets of the proposed architecture is to meet the typical real-time and QoS requirements found in industrial networks in a flexible way.
Keywords :
IEEE standards; access protocols; factory automation; industrial control; quality of service; radio networks; telecommunication control; IEEE 802.15.4 protocol; QoS; factory automation; industrial networks; Automatic control; Communication industry; Computer architecture; Manufacturing automation; Production facilities; Proposals; Spine; Wireless application protocol; Wireless communication; Wireless personal area networks;
Conference_Titel :
Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation, 2009. ETFA 2009. IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Mallorca
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2727-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1946-0759
DOI :
10.1109/ETFA.2009.5347176
