Future Industrial Networks in Process Automation: Goals, Challenges, and Future Directions

Autor: Maryam Vahabi, Jorgen Gade, Thomas Lindh, Rahul N. Gore, Mats Björkman, Johan Akerberg, Xiaolin Jiang, Johan Furunäs Åkesson, Mehrzad Lavassani
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
Computer science
02 engineering and technology
lcsh:Technology
lcsh:Chemistry
0202 electrical engineering
electronic engineering
information engineering
General Materials Science
Architecture
lcsh:QH301-705.5
Instrumentation
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
Network architecture
process automation
industrial network
lcsh:T
business.industry
Process Chemistry and Technology
020208 electrical & electronic engineering
General Engineering
Information technology
020206 networking & telecommunications
Work in process
time-sensitive networking
Process automation system
IT/OT convergence
Automation
lcsh:QC1-999
Computer Science Applications
lcsh:Biology (General)
lcsh:QD1-999
lcsh:TA1-2040
Systems architecture
Key (cryptography)
Systems engineering
lcsh:Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
business
lcsh:Physics
Zdroj: Applied Sciences
Volume 11
Issue 8
Applied Sciences, Vol 11, Iss 3345, p 3345 (2021)
ISSN: 2076-3417
DOI: 10.3390/app11083345
Popis: There are many initiatives and technologies working towards implementing factories of the future. One consensus is that the classical hierarchical automation system design needs to be flattened while supporting the functionality of both Operation Technology (OT) and Information Technology (IT) within the same network infrastructure. To achieve the goal of IT/OT convergence in process automation, an evolutionary transition is preferred. Challenges are foreseen during the transition, mainly caused by the traditional automation architecture, and the main challenge is to identify the gap between the current and future network architectures. To address the challenges, in this paper, we describe one desired future scenario for process automation and carry out traffic measurements from a pulp and paper mill. The measured traffic is further analyzed, which reveals representative traffic characteristics in the process automation. Finally, the key challenges and future directions towards a system architecture for factories of the future are presented.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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