Industrial Communication Systems

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53.7 Conclusions

In this chapter, a brief review of three emerging solutions implementing wireless sensor networks for

industrial

applications—primarily

for

process

control—has

been

reported.

Such

networks

are

in

gen-

eral

designed

to

carry

trac

that

is

mainly

constituted

by

exchanges

of

sensor

readings

(and

actuator

commands)

toward

(from)

centralized

controllers.

Important

characteristics

of

industrial

trac

are

the

presence

of

deadlines,

high-reliability

requirements,

and

the

predominance

of

short

packets.

All

the

proposed

solutions

address

this

problems

in

a

very

similar

manner.

ey

adopt

a

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