Ph.D. Forum Abstract: Scalable Wireless Networks for Industrial Control Systems with Time and Reliability Constraints

Abstract

Using wireless communication instead of laying cables promises high cost savings in many applications. Motivated by the intended deployment of wireless networks in solar tower power plants with up to hundreds of thousands of possible clients, this research shall explore the limits of large-scale wireless networks. Apart from the pure number of supported clients, maintaining reliability and time-bounded communication is a key requirement for such industrial control systems.