
15-1
15.1 Introduction
Various tendencies inuence the development of industrial communications:
•
Industrial
auto
mation
pro
jects
bec
ome
mor
e
com
plex
•
e
oe
red
com
munication
tec
hnologies
bec
ome
mor
e
com
prehensive
•
Stronger
int
egration
of ent
erprise
(bu
siness)
and pla
nt
auto
mation
•
Striving
for non
-interrupted
eng
ineering
and tool cha
ins
Future scenarios of distributed automation lead to desired mechanisms for geographically distributed
automation functions due to various reasons:
•
Centralized
sup
ervisory
and con
trol
of (ma
ny)
dec
entralized
(sm
all)
tec
hnological
pla
nts
• Remote control, commissioning, parameterization, and maintenance of dis