Real-Time Wireless Sensor-Actuator Networks for Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems

Chenyang Lu, Abusayeed Saifullah, Bo Li, Mo Sha, Humberto Gonzalez, Dolvara Gunatilaka, Chengjie Wu, Lanshun Nie, Yixin Chen

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Abstract

With recent adoption of wireless sensor-actuator networks (WSANs) in industrial automation, industrial wireless control systems have emerged as a frontier of cyber-physical systems. Despite their success in industrial monitoring applications, existing WSAN technologies face significant challenges in supporting control systems due to their lack of real-time performance and dynamic wireless conditions in industrial plants. This article reviews a series of recent advances in real-time WSANs for industrial control systems: 1) real-time scheduling algorithms and analyses for WSANs; 2) implementation and experimentation of industrial WSAN protocols; 3) cyber-physical codesign of wireless control systems that integrate wireless and control designs; and 4) a wireless cyber-physical simulator for codesign and evaluation of wireless control systems. This article concludes by highlighting research directions in industrial cyber-physical systems.

Original languageEnglish
Article number7348717
Pages (from-to)1013-1024
Number of pages12
JournalProceedings of the IEEE
Volume104
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2016

Keywords

  • Cyber-physical systems
  • industrial wireless networks
  • real-time systems
  • wireless control systems
  • wireless sensor-actuator networks

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