Wireless communication in process control loop: Requirements analysis, industry practices and experimental evaluation

Waqas Ikram, Niklas Jansson, Trygve Harvei, Niels Aakvaag, Ivar Halvorsen, Stig Petersen, Simon Carlsen, Nina F. Thornhill
2014 Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE Emerging Technology and Factory Automation (ETFA)  
Wireless communication is already used in process automation for process monitoring. The next stage of implementation of wireless technology in industrial applications is for process control. The need for wireless networked control systems has evolved because of the necessity for extensibility, mobility, modularity, fast deployment, and reduced installation and maintenance cost. These benefits are only applicable given that the wireless network of choice can meet the strict requirements of
more » ... ss control applications, such as latency. In this regard, this paper is an effort towards identifying current industry practices related to implementing process control over a wireless link and evaluates the suitability of ISA100.11a network for use in process control through experiments.
doi:10.1109/etfa.2014.7005231 dblp:conf/etfa/IkramJHAHPCT14 fatcat:z4p2h6xs2rhb3bmjzw74oesqui