
20.6 APPLICATIONS OF POF
There is a wide area of POF applications, including the following examples:
. POFs are used in car networks for entertainment systems (Digital Domestic
Bus [D2B], Media Oriented System Transport [MOST], IDB 1394 systems)
and for control networks (Byteflight). The use of PCS will be specified in the
next MOST generation.
. POFs and PCS are widely used in automation (field busses like Profinet,
Sercos, and Fast Ethernet).
. A wide area of application exists for illumination and design (side emitting
fibers, textiles).
. POFs can be used as sensors (e.g., pedestrian protection, demonstrated by
Siemens VDO 2004, see also references ...