ISA TR100.14.01 PART 1

This Part 1 Technical Report, in combination with theforthcoming Part 2, discusses trustworthiness associated with theuse of wireless technology in industrial automation systems.Specifically excluded are those attributes that may be in commonwith wired systems and are therefore covered elsewhere, orattributes that are specific to other application domains such ashealthcare applications. Also excluded are those attributesassociated with ancillary issues such as health effects of RF orcomponent materials (such as batteries). For this document,trustworthiness encompasses attributes associated with reliability,security and resiliency.

Purpose

Trustworthiness in Wireless Industrial Automation is dividedinto two distinct parts. Part 1 (this document) providesintroductory information for the end users and regulators; Part 2will provide more thorough technical details associated withtrustworthy wireless systems.

Part 1 provides end users and regulators with information neededto understand the risks and advantages associated with use ofwireless systems. The result should be confident decisions aboutwhen and where to use them in order to realize the benefits theyoffer. It is also intended to provide those in a regulator rolewith sufficient background information to understand theimplications and consequences of rules and regulations that applyto use of wireless technology in industrial automationapplications.

The document contains introductory material and informationintended to demonstrate to the reader that wireless is a viablesolution today. The reader will find embedded in Part 1 a fewtechnical bits of guidance as an incentive to read Part 2. Part 1introduces and uses technical terms to describe concepts that arecommon to many areas of computer technology and applications. Theexistence of multiple disciplines and communities which havedeveloped their own approaches to deal with technical issues hasproduced a literature containing many different technical termswith considerable overlap in use and meaning. A set of terms hasbeen adopted for Part 1 for purposes of presenting a consistentpoint of view. Detailed discussion of the choices of technicallanguage and terminology is being deferred to Part 2.

Edition:

11

Published:

05/26/2011

Number of Pages:

40

File Size:

1 file , 560 KB