Uniform engineering of distributed control systems - The VAN approach
Martin Andre Hoffmann, Mathias Mühlhause, Marco Chiari, Christian Schwab · 2007
Within this work in progress paper, a concept for uniform engineering of wide-area Distributed Control Systems (DCS), ranging from Local Area Networks (LANs) to Wide Area Networks (WANs), and forming "Virtual Automation Networks" will be presented. Based on this heterogeneous communication infrastructure, incorporating all kinds of communication technologies, the basic concept of a DCS ranging from the automation device and network topology a uniform engineering concept and integration strategies to manage such systems will be introduced.