HOW TO ASSESS RELIABILITY OF INDUSTRIAL WIRELESS SOLUTIONS

Lutz Rauchhaupt, Marko Krätzig

2008

Abstract

Wireless communication is an emerging technology for industrial automation applications. Many solutions are available which more or less consider industrial related requirements. One of the main concerns of industrial automation system users is the reliability of wireless communication. The subject of this paper is a method to assess reliability of wireless communication from the point of view of industrial automation applications. Characteristic parameters are introduced which can be used in analytical studies, in network simulations or measurements to assess reliability with respect to intended industrial control processes. In particular the different use cases for the characteristic parameters are stated as well as the stochastic nature of these parameters. Finally the influences are mentioned which have to be taken into account while assessing wireless industrial communication systems.

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in Harvard Style

Rauchhaupt L. and Krätzig M. (2008). HOW TO ASSESS RELIABILITY OF INDUSTRIAL WIRELESS SOLUTIONS . In Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO, ISBN 978-989-8111-31-9, pages 122-130. DOI: 10.5220/0001503101220130


in Bibtex Style

@conference{icinco08,
author={Lutz Rauchhaupt and Marko Krätzig},
title={HOW TO ASSESS RELIABILITY OF INDUSTRIAL WIRELESS SOLUTIONS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO,},
year={2008},
pages={122-130},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001503101220130},
isbn={978-989-8111-31-9},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO,
TI - HOW TO ASSESS RELIABILITY OF INDUSTRIAL WIRELESS SOLUTIONS
SN - 978-989-8111-31-9
AU - Rauchhaupt L.
AU - Krätzig M.
PY - 2008
SP - 122
EP - 130
DO - 10.5220/0001503101220130