On Industrial Wireless Sensor Network (IWSN) and its simulation using Castalia

Abdullah Al-Yami, Wajih Abu-Al-Saud, Farrukh Shahzad

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

6 Scopus citations

Abstract

Wireless automation is an emerging field of research that aims at significant savings in installation time and costs of cabling in automation systems, while providing a new level of flexibility for system design, reconfiguration, and agility. Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are a rather new technology, with its origins tracing back to the early 1980s through the Distributed Sensor Networks (DSNs) program at the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) of the US Department of Defense. Industrial Wireless Sensor Network (IWSN) evolved from WSN and are specially designed, keeping in mind the demands and nature of industry. Two common protocols ZigBee and WirelessHART were designed for general commercial use and later adopted for industrial applications. ISA100.11a developed by International Society of Automation, was specially designed for IWSN. These protocols use layer structure which allow secure, fast and reliable data transfer. IEEE 802.15.4 is used at its physical layer with variable data slots. This paper presents the results of the simulation of ZigBee, WirelessHART and ISA100 protocols done using Castalia. In this paper. we compare and discuss the simulated results obtained from all three protocols. 31.00

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2016 UKSim-AMSS 18th International Conference on Computer Modelling and Simulation, UKSim 2016
EditorsGlenn Jenkins, David Al-Dabass, Alessandra Orsoni, Richard Cant
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages293-298
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781509008889
DOIs
StatePublished - 22 Dec 2016

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2016 UKSim-AMSS 18th International Conference on Computer Modelling and Simulation, UKSim 2016

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 IEEE.

Keywords

  • Castalia
  • ISA100.11a
  • IWSN
  • Industrial wireless sensor networks
  • Simulations
  • Wireless sensor networks
  • WirelessHART
  • Zigbee

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Modeling and Simulation

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'On Industrial Wireless Sensor Network (IWSN) and its simulation using Castalia'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this