Owing to their distributed architecture, networked control systems are proven to be feasible
in scenarios where a spatially distributed control system is required. Traditionally, such …

Today, the world witnesses a growing demand for the connectivity between systems. The
connectivity can span vast distances and information can be transferred between the …

A novel method is proposed to estimate committed information rate (CIR) variations in typical
orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) wireless local area networks (WLANs) …

Wireless communication technologies have become widely adopted, appearing in
heterogeneous applications ranging from tracking victims, responders and equipment in …

Wireless systems such as Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are heavily utilized, for
example, in industry, agriculture, forestry, and home automation. A WSN comprises several …

The industrial environment usually contains multiple motors that are supplied through a
common power bus. The power-line acts as a good conducting environment for signals to …

Factory shop floors of the future will see a significant increase in interconnected devices for
monitoring and control. However, if a Service Orientated Architecture (SOA) is implemented …

This paper presents a theoretical study for verifying the impact of using smart nodes in motor
monitoring systems in industrial environments employing Wireless Sensor Networks …

This study proposes a dynamic guaranteed time slot (GTS) allocation scheme in order to
realize a transmission scheme for periodic data in an industrial environment. Further, a …

The recent improvement of wireless communication networks has made possible the use of
such networks at the lowest levels of factory automation systems, which typically imposes …