The groundbreaking transformations triggered by the Industry 4.0 paradigm have
dramatically reshaped the requirements for control and communication systems within the …

Networks are a core element of many industrial and automation systems at present. Often
these networks transport time-and safety-critical messages that control physical processes …

With the introduction of the Internet of Things (IoT) and cyber-physical system (CPS)
concepts in industrial application scenarios, industrial automation is undergoing a …

In the context of the Industry 4.0 initiative, Cyber-Physical Production Systems (CPPS) or
Cyber Manufacturing Systems (CMS) can be characterized as advanced networked …

Functional safety networks are becoming of paramount importance in industrial systems,
due to the progressive innovation introduced by the Industry 4.0 paradigm, characterized by …

Continuing the evolution towards Industry 4.0, the industrial communication protocols
represent a significant topic of interest, as real-time data exchange between multiple devices …

The Industrial Internet of things (IIoT), the implementation of IoT in the industrial sector,
requires a deterministic, real-time, and low-latency communication response for its time …

Time-sensitive networking (TSN) is a next generation local area network technology for the
coexistence of information and operation technology, targeted to industrial automation, in …

Industrial communication requires highly reliable networks with hard temporal constraints.
Thus, the IEEE 802.1 Task Group proposed a promising technology, namely, time-sensitive …

Information and operational technologies merge into the so-called industrial Internet of
Things, which is one of the basic pillars of the Industry 4.0 paradigm. Roughly speaking, yet …