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WSN in Industrial Monitoring and Control

WirelessHart and ISA-100.11a within Industrial Automation

Research Report

Pages
11
Deliverables
Released
4Q 2010
Product Code
RR-1657-10
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Wireless adoption within industrial automation is a not new, but it has been limited by the proprietary nature and cost of the products available. Over the past few years, support for a standard silicon platform and standardized communications protocols have emerged to boost WSN (wireless sensor networks) within industrial automation. Even now that standardization on IEEE 802.15.4 silicon is taking place there is still concern regarding the multiple protocols that may yet be adopted using that silicon.

This Research Report examines the two key protocols that use 802.15.4 silicon - WirelessHART and ISA100.11a. It also considers the impetus and potential of efforts underway to bring together WirelessHART and ISA100.11a, and draws conclusions about the market potential for separate and unified specifications.

Table of Contents


Section 1.
WIRELESS WITHIN INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION
1.1. Wireless Transition from Proprietary to Standards
1.2. WirelessHART
1.2.1. Adoption Drivers
1.2.2. Hardware
1.2.3. Network Components
1.2.4. Network Topology
1.2.5. Standard Certification
1.2.6. Product Availability
1.3. ISA100.11a
1.3.1. Adoption Drivers
1.3.2. Hardware
1.3.3. Network Components
1.3.4. Network Topology
1.3.5. ISA100 and IP/6LoWPAN
1.3.6. Product Availability
1.3.7. Standard Certification
1.4. WIA-PA in China
1.5. Industrial Automation and ZigBee

Section 2.
WIRELESSHART AND ISA100.11A INTEGRATION
2.1. Impetus
2.2. The Plans for Integration
2.2.1. What Could a Combined Specification Deliver?
2.3. The Appeal of Integration to End Users
2.4. The Appeal of Integration to Automation Vendors
2.4.1. Existing Interoperability
2.5. Distraction

Section 3.
CONCLUSIONS




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  • 802.15.4 Chipset Shipments for Industrial Automation by WSN Protocol Stack, World Market, Forecast: 2010 to 2015