On the Suitability of Wi-Fi for Interconnecting Moving Equipment in Industrial Environments
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| author | Chiavassa, Pietro Scanzio, Stefano Cena, Gianluca |
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| contents | To ensure an unprecedented degree of flexibility, next-generation Industry 4.0/5.0 production plants increasingly rely on mobile devices, e.g., autonomous mobile robots and wearables. In these cases, a major requirement is getting rid of cables through the adoption of wireless networks. To this purpose, Wi-Fi is currently deemed one of the most promising solutions. Achieving reliable communications over the air for distributed real-time control applications is, however, not devoid of troubles. In fact, bounded transmission latency must be ensured for most of the exchanged packets. Moreover, for devices powered on batteries, energy consumption also needs to be taken into account. In this paper, a joint simulated analysis of these aspects is carried out to quantitatively evaluate what we can practically expect from Wi-Fi technology. |
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| spellingShingle | On the Suitability of Wi-Fi for Interconnecting Moving Equipment in Industrial Environments Chiavassa, Pietro Scanzio, Stefano Cena, Gianluca Networking and Internet Architecture To ensure an unprecedented degree of flexibility, next-generation Industry 4.0/5.0 production plants increasingly rely on mobile devices, e.g., autonomous mobile robots and wearables. In these cases, a major requirement is getting rid of cables through the adoption of wireless networks. To this purpose, Wi-Fi is currently deemed one of the most promising solutions. Achieving reliable communications over the air for distributed real-time control applications is, however, not devoid of troubles. In fact, bounded transmission latency must be ensured for most of the exchanged packets. Moreover, for devices powered on batteries, energy consumption also needs to be taken into account. In this paper, a joint simulated analysis of these aspects is carried out to quantitatively evaluate what we can practically expect from Wi-Fi technology. |
| title | On the Suitability of Wi-Fi for Interconnecting Moving Equipment in Industrial Environments |
| topic | Networking and Internet Architecture |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.06074 |