Evolution of Wireless Sensor Networks for Industrial Control
Technologies evolve in a process of gradual scientific change, but the commercial application of technologies is discontinuous. Managers interested in technology evolution can integrate these contrasting ideas using a powerful theoretical framework, based on the concept of punctuated equilibrium fro...
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| description | Technologies evolve in a process of gradual scientific change, but the commercial application of technologies is discontinuous. Managers interested in technology evolution can integrate these contrasting ideas using a powerful theoretical framework, based on the concept of punctuated equilibrium from evolutionary biology. The framework, which enables the differentiation of the technical evolution of a technology from its market application, is used in this article to compare the two standards for wireless sensor networks (WSN) for industrial instrumentation and control: WirelessHART and ISA100.11a. The two WSN standards are the product of two different market contexts, which have selected different minimum viable technologies for evolution in their respective niches. Network security issues present some important selection criteria. Both WSN standards implement security countermeasures against localized wireless network attacks based on the application of the AES encryption standard, but some specific security threats – some local, others remotely launched – are only well-defended by the adoption of public-key cryptographic (PKC) protocols, which only ISA100.11a supports. This article concludes that the mainstream market potential of the Internet has influenced the evolution of ISA100.11a and will continue to demand that each WSN standard evolve in ways that are difficult to predict. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b3a3567d5c884343abf2b3181e7cabd42022-12-21T23:30:55ZengCarleton UniversityTechnology Innovation Management Review1927-03212013-05-01May 2013: Technology Evolution512Evolution of Wireless Sensor Networks for Industrial ControlArthur LowTechnologies evolve in a process of gradual scientific change, but the commercial application of technologies is discontinuous. Managers interested in technology evolution can integrate these contrasting ideas using a powerful theoretical framework, based on the concept of punctuated equilibrium from evolutionary biology. The framework, which enables the differentiation of the technical evolution of a technology from its market application, is used in this article to compare the two standards for wireless sensor networks (WSN) for industrial instrumentation and control: WirelessHART and ISA100.11a. The two WSN standards are the product of two different market contexts, which have selected different minimum viable technologies for evolution in their respective niches. Network security issues present some important selection criteria. Both WSN standards implement security countermeasures against localized wireless network attacks based on the application of the AES encryption standard, but some specific security threats – some local, others remotely launched – are only well-defended by the adoption of public-key cryptographic (PKC) protocols, which only ISA100.11a supports. This article concludes that the mainstream market potential of the Internet has influenced the evolution of ISA100.11a and will continue to demand that each WSN standard evolve in ways that are difficult to predict.http://timreview.ca/sites/default/files/article_PDF/Low_TIMReview_May2013.pdfindustrial controlISA100.11apunctuated equilibriumstandardstechnology evolutionwireless sensor networksWirelessHART |
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| title | Evolution of Wireless Sensor Networks for Industrial Control |
| title_full | Evolution of Wireless Sensor Networks for Industrial Control |
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| title_short | Evolution of Wireless Sensor Networks for Industrial Control |
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| topic | industrial control ISA100.11a punctuated equilibrium standards technology evolution wireless sensor networks WirelessHART |
| url | http://timreview.ca/sites/default/files/article_PDF/Low_TIMReview_May2013.pdf |
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