Industrial Communication Systems

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28.1 Introduction

e use of wireless communications in industrial environments poses a dierent set of challenges than

deployment

in

home

and

enterprise

environments.

Signicant

amounts

of

electrical

noise

such

as

vari-

able

frequency

drives,

competing

radio

systems,

radar

and

microwave

sources,

and

welders

are

pro-

duced

in ind

ustrial

env

ironments.

Sig

nal

att

enuation

and re

ects

are alw

ays

pre

sent

[1]

.

e

placement

of

wireless

access

points

(APs),

or

radio

nodes,

and

adjustment

of

transmitter

power

to

match

receiver

sensitivities

is

more

crucial

in

industrial

settings

where

the

reliability

of

the

overall

system

can

aect

plant

safety

and