Industrial Wireless Communications Control Data Systems Industrial Wireless

Industrial Wireless Communications Control Data Systems Industrial Wireless Communications @Control Data Systems, www. cds. ro 1

Industrial Wireless Communications Company background • Privately owned technology company, with a focus on Wireless Sensor Networks • Located in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, inside the largest technology park in North-Western Romania (Transylvania) • In operation since 1994 • Highly specialized team of 20 engineers and physicists • In 2015 has acquired the Industrial Wireless division of Nivis LLC, a US based leading developer of technology for Wireless Sensor Networks • 10+ patent applications (pending or issued) in the area of Wireless Sensor Networks authored by company resources • Strategic partner with the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca and the Technical University of Iasi for research activities related to Wireless Sensor Networks • Active member of the Wireless Compliance Institute (WCI) • Active member of IEC @Control Data Systems, www. cds. ro 2

Industrial Wireless Communications Company expertise • 802. 15. 4 based industrial grade networks • ISA 100. 11 a background in standard inception, stack development and interoperability tests • Wireless Hart expertise in the stack implementation and interoperability tests • RF module development • Backbone router and Gateway development • Wireless network management software design and implementation • Cross vendor compatibility testing @Control Data Systems, www. cds. ro 3

Industrial Wireless Communications Industrial wireless requirements • Determinism • - Time diversity - Collision avoidance - Frequency diversity - Automatic Repeat-re. Quest (ARQ) - Spectrum management • - Link and transport layer security - Policy based - Time stamped • Low power consumption - Sleep mode for routing devices Path diversity - Mesh topology - Graph routing - Duocast - Ease of deployment Advanced security • Modern design - Object oriented architecture - Common plant infrastructure - IPv 6 ready at device level @Control Data Systems, www. cds. ro 4

Industrial Wireless Communications Open standards based solution - The entire ISA 100. 11 a stack is constructed employing widely industry accepted and proven standards - Stack architected in strict adherence to the reference ISO model - Currently implemented on top of 802. 15. 4, however new variants are in the works using different PHY layers (802. 15. 4 a – UWB, giving 6 Mbps data throughput) @Control Data Systems, www. cds. ro 5

Industrial Wireless Communications Research • European Space Agency funded research 3 projects to date • Other partnerships with Research organizations: Sintef Norway and Tecnalia Spain • Innovative activities in definition and implementation of wireless standards • Research targeted towards inception of wireless communication technology • On the ground and in-flight applications • Applicability in industrial environment @Control Data Systems, www. cds. ro 6

Industrial Wireless Communications OEM products • Wireless modems, OEM embedded in process automation instruments • Wireless router boards (OEM), designed to build reliable, redundant infrastructures • Open standard based (ISA 100. 11 a and Wireless Hart) @Control Data Systems, www. cds. ro 7

Industrial Wireless Communications Products with CDS technology inside • ATEX Zone 2 wireless routers (Pepperl+Fuchs, Yokogawa, Stahl) • Flow measurement (Flowserve) • Valve position monitoring (Eltav) • Machine condition monitoring (GE Bently) • Gas detection (Gas. Secure/Draeger, TLV) • Industrial process monitoring (Yokogawa) • Steam trap monitoring (Spirax Sarco, Bitherm, Armstrong) @Control Data Systems, www. cds. ro 8

Industrial Wireless Communications Customers • • • Yokogawa - Japan Kongsberg Maritime – Norway Gas. Secure / Draeger - Norway Stahl – Germany Pepperl+Fuchs – Germany Thales Alenia Space – France GE Bently – USA GE MDS – USA Armstrong – USA Tyco Scott - USA Spirax Sarco – UK Bitherm - Spain @Control Data Systems, www. cds. ro 9

Industrial Wireless Communications End user applications • Gas monitoring on oil platforms and refineries (with Kongsberg Maritime and Gas. Secure/Draeger – for Stat. Oil Norway) • Personnel monitoring in hazardous locations (with Tecnalia for Petronor Spain) • Temperature and vibration monitoring for satellite assembly (for Thales Alenia Space France) @Control Data Systems, www. cds. ro 10

Industrial Wireless Communications Control Data Systems Industrial Wireless Communications @Control Data Systems, www. cds. ro 11