6-1
Given.the.increasing.age.of.many.industrial.systems.and.the.dynamic.industrial.manufacturing.mar-
ket,
.ind
ustrial
.mon
itoring
.and.con
trol
.sys
tems
.are.cri
tical
.to.mai
ntain
.saf
ety,
.rel
iability,
.ec
iency,
.and.
upti
me.
.Ind
ustrial
.wir
eless
.sen
sor
.net
works
.(IW
SNs),
.wit
h
.the
ir
.uni
que
.cha
racteristics
.suc
h
.as.ex
ibil-
ity,
.sel
f-organization,
.low.cos
t,
.and.rap
id
.dep
loyment,
.hav
e
.bec
ome
.a.pro
mising
.tec
hnology
.for.int
el-
ligent
.and.low
-cost
.ind
ustrial
.auto
mation
.sys
tems
.[3,
9,47–49].
.In.the
se
.sys
tems,
.wir
eless
.tin
y
.sen
sor
.
nod
es
.are.ins
talled
.on.ind
ustrial
.equ
ipment
.and.mon
itor
.the.par
ameters
.cri
tical
.to.eac
h
.equ
ipment’s
.
ec
iency
.bas
ed
.on.a.comb
ination
.of.mea
surements
.suc
h
.as.vib
ration,
.tem
perature,
.pre
ssure,
.and.pow
er
.
qua
lity.
.es
e
.dat
a
.are.the
n
.wir
elessly
.tra
nsmitted
.to.a.sink.nod
e
.tha
t
.ana
lyzes
.the.dat
a
.fro
m
.eac
h
.sen
-
sor.
.Any.pot
ential
.pro
blems
.are.not
ied
.to.the.pla
nt
.per
sonnel
.as.an.adv
anced
.war
ning
.sys
tem.
.is.
ena
bles
.pla
nt
.per
sonnel
.to.rep
air
.or.rep
lace
.equ
ipment,
.bef
ore
.the
ir
.ec
iency
.dro
ps
.or.the
y
.fai
l
.ent
irely
.
[9,
29].
.In.thi
s
.way
,
.cat
astrophic
.equ
ipment
.fai
lures
.and.the.ass
ociated
.rep
air
.and.rep
lacement
.cos
ts
.can.
be.pr
evented
.wh
ile
.co
mplying
.wi
th
.st
rict
.en
vironmental
.re
gulations.
e
.col
laborative
.nat
ure
.of.IWS
Ns
.bri
ngs
.sev
eral
.adv
antages
.ove
r
.tra
ditional
.wir
ed
.ind
ustrial
.mon
i-
toring
. and. con
trol
. sys
tems,
. inc
luding
. sel
f-organization,
. rap
id
. dep
loyment,
. ex
ibility,
. and. inh
erent
.
int
elligent
.pro
cessing
.cap
ability.
.In.thi
s
.reg
ard,
.IWS
N
.pla
ys
.a.vit
al
.rol
e
.in.cre
ating
.a.hig
hly
.rel
iable
.
and.sel
f-healing
.ind
ustrial
.sys
tem
.tha
t
.rap
idly
.res
ponds
.to.rea
l-time
.eve
nts
.wit
h
.app
ropriate
.act
ions.
.
How
ever,
.to.rea
lize
.the.env
isioned
.ind
ustrial
.app
lications
.and.hen
ce
.tak
e
.the.adv
antages
.of.the.pot
ential
.
gai
ns
.of.IWS
N,
.ee
ctive
.com
munication
.pro
tocols,
.whi
ch
.can.add
ress
.the.uni
que
.cha
llenges
.pos
ed
.by.
suc
h
.sy
stems,
.ar
e
.re
quired.
Recently,
.man
y
.res
earchers
.hav
e
.bee
n
.eng
aged
.in.dev
eloping
.sch
emes
.tha
t
.add
ress
.the.uni
que
.cha
l-
lenges
.of.IWS
Ns.
.In.thi
s
.cha
pter,
.rs
t
.a.sho
rt
.rev
iew
.abo
ut
.the.eme
rging
.and.alr
eady
.emp
loyed
.IWS
N
.
app
lications
.and.tec
hnologies
.is.pre
sented.
.In.add
ition,
.IWS
N
.sta
ndards
.are.pre
sented
.for.the.sys
tem
.
6
Industrial Wireless
Sensor Networks
6.1. Applications........................................................................................6-2
Factory.Automation. •. Building.Automation. •. Industrial.
Process.Automation. •. Inventory.Management. •. Utility.
Automation. •. Automatic.Meter.Reading
6.2. Standardization.Activities................................................................6-3
ZigBee. •. Wireless.Hart. •. IETF.6loWPAN. •. Bluetooth.
andBluetooth.Low.Energy. •. Ultra-Wideband
6.3. Technical.Challenges........................................................................6-5
6.4
. Desi
gn
.Go
als.......................................................................................6-6
6.5
. Desi
gn
.Pr
inciples
.an
d
.Te
chnical
.Ap
proaches...............................6-7
Hardware.Development. •. Soware.Development. •. System.
Architecture.and.Protocol.Design
6.6. Conclusions.and.Future.Work.......................................................6-12
References
.....................................................................................................6-13
Vehbi Cagri Gungor
Bahcesehir University
Gerhard P. Hancke
University of Pretoria
© 2011 by Taylor and Francis Group, LLC