On Industrial Wireless Sensor Network (IWSN) and Its Simulation Using Castalia

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 technolo...

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Published in2016 UKSim-AMSS 18th International Conference on Computer Modelling and Simulation (UKSim) pp. 293 - 298
Main Authors Al-Yami, Abdullah, Abu-Al-Saud, Wajih, Shahzad, Farrukh
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.04.2016
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Castalia
Computational modeling
Industrial wireless sensor networks
ISA100.11a
IWSN
Network topology
Protocols
Simulations
Topology
Wireless sensor networks
WirelessHART
ZigBee
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Summary: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. This paper compares and discusses the simulated results obtained from all three protocols.
DOI:10.1109/UKSim.2016.51