15-16 December 2008
Summary
This workshop attracted about 50 participants.
Presentations were given by experts representing organizations such as ETSI, ABB, Cisco, Decawave, EDF, EPOSS, HART Communication Foundation, IFAK , Orange Labs, SAP, Schneider Electric, Siemens, ST-NXP Wireless, Universtiy of Gävle, Zigbee Alliance.
Key topics discussed included:
Standardization activities for factory automation, state of play and prospects
Factory automation: deployments and Experience
Co-existence, convergence and interoperability
Middleware, the other engine of convergence
Download: Event agenda, speakers' biographies, presentations
ETSI Workshop on Wireless Factory Presentations
Overview and Objectives of the meeting
Margot Dor, ETSI
SETTING THE SCENE
What is expected from wireless in the factory
Tim Whittaker, Cambridge Consultants Ltd
PANEL SESSION: Standardization activities for factory automation, state of play and prospects
- Industrial players and standards
- Spectrum issues
Regulation
Speakers:
Martin Arndt, ETSI
Guntram Scheible, ABB
Jean-Luc Griessmann, HART Communication Foundation
Ciaran Connell, Decawave
Tuan Dang, EDF
Moderator: Martin Arndt, ETSI Technical Officer
FACTORY AUTOMATION : Deployments and Experience,
Moderated by Charles Brookson, ETSI OCG SEC Chair
- Real time requirements
- Specific Security Constraints
- QoS
- High reliability and availability ('the five nines')
- Use cases and vision for the future
- Smart metering solutions
Speakers:
- Charles Brookson, ETSI OCG SEC Chair, BERR (Dpt for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform)
- Denis Dufresne, Orange Labs
- Gilles Logeais, SAP
- Michel Windal, Cellular Systems Division, ST-NXP Wireless
- Claudio Borean, Telecom Italia for Zigbee Alliance
- Dr. José Chilo, University of Gävle ITB/Electronics
PANEL SESSION: Co-existence, convergence and interoperability
Moderated by Stephan Schulz, ETSI Centre Testing and Interoperability
- Framework and architecture
- Network integration (IT, radio, sensors)
- Convergence or fragmentation?
- ETSI Centre for Testing and Interoperability (CTI)
- Certification / Interoperability
Speakers:
- Stephan Schulz, ETSI Centre Testing and Interoperability
- Bernard Dumortier, Schneider Electric
- Pascal Duch, Siemens
- Pascal Thubert, Cisco
- Lutz Rauchhaupt, Ifak
PANEL SESSION: Middleware, the other engine of convergence
Moderaed by Bruno Forgue, Prosoft
- Handling legacy
- Applications and solutions
- System design: can 'one size fit all'?
- Mutualised solutions for supply chain management
Speakers:
- Bruno Forgue, Prosoft,
- Alessandro Bassi, Hitachi, EPOSS
- Marc Antoine Mouilleron, Orange Labs
Demonstration at Orange Labs in Sophia Antipolis : RFID managed Services
Led by Marc Antoine Mouilleron
The demonstration shows the various innovations brought to the Supply Chain process, from an initial order of a product, up to the final delivery. It details how RFID enables traceability of products and containers.
Three steps were detailed in demonstration :
- Commisionning, picking and shipping at supplier's premises, with Orange RFID box
- Transport and delivery, with communication devices within the vehicle
- End consumer and partners traceability requests