Survey on Wireless Sensor Network Technologies for Industrial Automation: The Security and Quality of Service Perspectives

Delphine Christin, Parag S. Mogre and Matthias Hollick
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Delphine Christin: Secure Mobile Networking Lab, Center for Advanced Security Research Darmstadt, Department of Computer Science, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Mornewegstr. 32, 64293 Darmstadt, Germany
Parag S. Mogre: Multimedia Communications Lab, Department of Computer Science, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Rundeturmstr. 10, 64283 Darmstadt, Germany
Matthias Hollick: Secure Mobile Networking Lab, Center for Advanced Security Research Darmstadt, Department of Computer Science, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Mornewegstr. 32, 64293 Darmstadt, Germany

Future Internet, 2010, vol. 2, issue 2, 1-30

Abstract: Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are gradually adopted in the industrial world due to their advantages over wired networks. In addition to saving cabling costs, WSNs widen the realm of environments feasible for monitoring. They thus add sensing and acting capabilities to objects in the physical world and allow for communication among these objects or with services in the future Internet. However, the acceptance of WSNs by the industrial automation community is impeded by open issues, such as security guarantees and provision of Quality of Service (QoS). To examine both of these perspectives, we select and survey relevant WSN technologies dedicated to industrial automation. We determine QoS requirements and carry out a threat analysis, which act as basis of our evaluation of the current state-of-the-art. According to the results of this evaluation, we identify and discuss open research issues.

Keywords: Wireless Sensor Networks; Industrial Automation; Quality of Service; Security; State-of-the-art; WirelessHART; ISA100.11a-2009; ZigBee; Wireless Interface for Sensors and Actuators; 802.15.4e Factory Automation MAC Layer (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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