
48-1
48.1 Introduction
Many industrial automation applications are designed to be very exible in order to manufacture prod-
ucts
with
increased
eciency.
us,
a
exible
communication
infrastructure
is
required,
leading
to
a
growing
demand
for
wireless
net
works.
Wireless
networks
ful
ll
these
requirements
because
the
y
oer
more
exibility,
cost
reductions,
and
higher
mobility
to
the
automation
system
as
compared
to
their
wired
cou
nterparts.
Since communication in future industrial automation systems will most likely be realized by real-time
Ethernet
protocols
like
PROFINET
[IEC06a,IEC06b],
Ethernet/IP
[Eth09],
etc.
(cf.
Chapter
37
of
this
book), ...