The goal of HODRIAN is to develop reliable, wireless communication systems for industrial real-time applications. In this context, reliable data delivery with real-time guarantees in the area of milliseconds is of fundamental imporance. The developed concepts shall be applied to connect a monorail that is used in factories to transport tools and material to a central controller. Reliable real-time communication is essential to allow the monorail cars to communicate. If data delivery fails, the highly expensive cars might crash into each other. However, cable connections are not a viable alternative due to the mobility of the monorail cars.
To develop and evaluate highly-robust, wireless communication components for industrial applications (H öchstro buste, dr ahtlose Kommunikationskomponenten für i ndustrielle An wendungen, HODRIAN) we pursue the following goals:
- Analysis of the basic system “Token-Passing Ring” including the protocols for physical and link layer
- Optimization w.r.t. latency, packet error rate, and complexity
- Development and integration of an autonomous coexistence and interference management
- Experimental evaluation of the basic system, as well as the investigated enhancements
- Consulting industrial partners in implementation steps of field modules
- Construction of a demonstrator in an industrial monorail