The three generations of field-level networks - Evolution and compatibility issues

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3585-3595

  Sauter, Thilo ^a,b  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Automation networks; fieldbus systems; hybrid networks; industrial Ethernet; wireless networks

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION NETWORKS; AUTOMATION SYSTEMS; BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY; BUILDING AUTOMATION; COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; DISTRIBUTED DEVICES; FIELD BUS SYSTEMS; HYBRID ARCHITECTURES; HYBRID NETWORK; INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS; INDUSTRIAL ETHERNETS; INDUSTRIAL WIRELESS NETWORK; MOBILE NODES; RADICAL INNOVATION; SEAMLESS ROAMING; THREE GENERATIONS; VERTICAL INTEGRATION;

AUTOMATION; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; ETHERNET; INDUSTRY; INNOVATION; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 77957990921     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2010.2062473     Document Type: Article

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