Wireless communication in process automation: A survey of opportunities, requirements, concerns and challenges

IET Seminar Digest

Volumn 2010, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 471-476

  Ikram, Waqas ^a   Thornhill, Nina F ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fieldbus; ISA100.11a; Process automation; Real time; Wireless; WirelessHART

Indexed keywords

FIELDBUS; ISA100.11A; PROCESS AUTOMATION; REAL-TIME; WIRELESSHART;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; RADIO; WIRELESS NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 84877828762     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1049/ic.2010.0328     Document Type: Conference Paper

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