Survey on Wireless Technology Trade-Offs for the Industrial Internet of Things
Aside from vast deployment cost reduction, Industrial Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks (IWSAN) introduce a new level of industrial connectivity. Wireless connection of sensors and actuators in industrial environments not only enables wireless monitoring and actuation, it also enables coordinati...
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| author | Amina Seferagić Jeroen Famaey Eli De Poorter Jeroen Hoebeke |
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| description | Aside from vast deployment cost reduction, Industrial Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks (IWSAN) introduce a new level of industrial connectivity. Wireless connection of sensors and actuators in industrial environments not only enables wireless monitoring and actuation, it also enables coordination of production stages, connecting mobile robots and autonomous transport vehicles, as well as localization and tracking of assets. All these opportunities already inspired the development of many wireless technologies in an effort to fully enable Industry 4.0. However, different technologies significantly differ in performance and capabilities, none being capable of supporting all industrial use cases. When designing a network solution, one must be aware of the capabilities and the trade-offs that prospective technologies have. This paper evaluates the technologies potentially suitable for IWSAN solutions covering an entire industrial site with limited infrastructure cost and discusses their trade-offs in an effort to provide information for choosing the most suitable technology for the use case of interest. The comparative discussion presented in this paper aims to enable engineers to choose the most suitable wireless technology for their specific IWSAN deployment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4f2f192137754ec4aca81f65f7b053822022-12-22T04:03:38ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202020-01-0120248810.3390/s20020488s20020488Survey on Wireless Technology Trade-Offs for the Industrial Internet of ThingsAmina Seferagić0Jeroen Famaey1Eli De Poorter2Jeroen Hoebeke3IDLab, Department of Information Technology, Ghent University—imec, 9000 Ghent, BelgiumIDLab, Department of Computer Science, University of Antwerp—imec, 2000 Antwerp, BelgiumIDLab, Department of Information Technology, Ghent University—imec, 9000 Ghent, BelgiumIDLab, Department of Information Technology, Ghent University—imec, 9000 Ghent, BelgiumAside from vast deployment cost reduction, Industrial Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks (IWSAN) introduce a new level of industrial connectivity. Wireless connection of sensors and actuators in industrial environments not only enables wireless monitoring and actuation, it also enables coordination of production stages, connecting mobile robots and autonomous transport vehicles, as well as localization and tracking of assets. All these opportunities already inspired the development of many wireless technologies in an effort to fully enable Industry 4.0. However, different technologies significantly differ in performance and capabilities, none being capable of supporting all industrial use cases. When designing a network solution, one must be aware of the capabilities and the trade-offs that prospective technologies have. This paper evaluates the technologies potentially suitable for IWSAN solutions covering an entire industrial site with limited infrastructure cost and discusses their trade-offs in an effort to provide information for choosing the most suitable technology for the use case of interest. The comparative discussion presented in this paper aims to enable engineers to choose the most suitable wireless technology for their specific IWSAN deployment.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/20/2/488industrial internet of things (iiot)loraieee 802.11ahwifi halowtime slotted channel hopping (tsch)narrowband iot (nb-iot)bluetooth low energy (ble)ble long rangewirelesshartisa100.11a |
| spellingShingle | Amina Seferagić Jeroen Famaey Eli De Poorter Jeroen Hoebeke Survey on Wireless Technology Trade-Offs for the Industrial Internet of Things Sensors industrial internet of things (iiot) lora ieee 802.11ah wifi halow time slotted channel hopping (tsch) narrowband iot (nb-iot) bluetooth low energy (ble) ble long range wirelesshart isa100.11a |
| title | Survey on Wireless Technology Trade-Offs for the Industrial Internet of Things |
| title_full | Survey on Wireless Technology Trade-Offs for the Industrial Internet of Things |
| title_fullStr | Survey on Wireless Technology Trade-Offs for the Industrial Internet of Things |
| title_full_unstemmed | Survey on Wireless Technology Trade-Offs for the Industrial Internet of Things |
| title_short | Survey on Wireless Technology Trade-Offs for the Industrial Internet of Things |
| title_sort | survey on wireless technology trade offs for the industrial internet of things |
| topic | industrial internet of things (iiot) lora ieee 802.11ah wifi halow time slotted channel hopping (tsch) narrowband iot (nb-iot) bluetooth low energy (ble) ble long range wirelesshart isa100.11a |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/20/2/488 |
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