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Performance Investigation of WirelessHART in the Coexistence with Wi-Fi Networks

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The expansion of usage of wireless technologies in sensor networks is evident in all areas, especially in the industrial sensor networks. The appliance of wireless sensor networks in industrial environments is challenging task considering the strict requirements and high performance needed for efficiency in industry monitoring and automation. The other important question is the coexistence of wireless technologies operating in 2.4 GHz band. This question becomes more important in recent years with the increased number of standards designed for this band. The research presented in this paper is focused on the performance analyses of WirelessHART technology coexisting with IEEE 802.11 technology in industrial system. The parameters observed in this study are defined with the specific industrial environment requirements. These parameters are primarily latency but the overall network performance as well. The results of the research show that WirelessHART system with a low level of latency and a low error rate at certain distances can have a successful application in the industrial system when it is operating alone. In the case of coexistence with IEEE 802.11 GHz, the WirelessHART shows the significant performance downgrade, especially latency. Besides the results, and results analyses this paper gives the description of the experimental setup in the industrial scenario.

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    Miroslav Kostadinovic, Goran Jausevac & Gordana Jotanovic

  2. University of Novi Sad, Technical Faculty “Mihajlo Pupin” Zrenjanin, Zrenjanin, Serbia

    Dalibor Dobrilovic, Zeljko Stojanov & Vladimir Brtka

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Kostadinovic, M., Dobrilovic, D., Jausevac, G. et al. Performance Investigation of WirelessHART in the Coexistence with Wi-Fi Networks. Mobile Netw Appl 28, 1116–1125 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11036-022-02051-0

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