Performance Analysis of Wireless Networks for Industrial Automation-Process Automation (WIA-PA)

Abstract

The Wireless Networks for Industrial Automation-Process Automation (WIA-PA) standard is not well known in North America and is a relatively new industrial control system standard when compared to WirelessHart and ISA100.11A. An evaluation of the WIA-PA standard needs to be conducted by Department of Defense and its affiliates to determine whether its operation is on par with WirelessHart and ISA100.11A. The objective of this thesis is to provide a performance analysis of the WIA-PA standard. Utilizing MATLAB, we implemented a custom-built WIA-PA system model and measured the end-to-end delay, and received packet error rate and timeslot utilization. We expect WIA-PA to perform as well as WirelessHart and ISA100.11A in multiple network scenarios. We also found that due to the limitations of MATLAB, further analysis of the standard should be conducted on a network simulator such that network traffic can be properly emulated and the standards vulnerabilities can be further assessed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2017
Accession Number
AD1046950

Entities

People

  • Brandon Wyatt

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Communication Networks
  • Computer Networks
  • Control Systems
  • Data Links
  • Data Transmission
  • Department Of Defense
  • Energy Consumption
  • Multiple Access
  • Network Science
  • Network Topology
  • Simulations
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Time Division Multiple Access
  • Wireless Communications
  • Wireless Networks
  • Wireless Sensor Networks

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Computer Networking
  • Nanofabrication and Microfabrication.