1. ABB ZigBee i industrien UiO 14.01.2003 Niels D. Aakvaag ABB Corporate Research

2. © ABB Corporate Research, Norway, Niels D. Aakvaag 2 ABB R&D at ABB AutomationPower Technologies Power electronics Mechatronics MEMS and sensors Advanced Industrial Communication Control & optimization Software architecture and processes Power device technologies Utility systems & solutions Distributed power and renewables Nanotechnology Sustainability and global change $US 650 - 700 million per year for research and product development - 6000 people ~ $US 100 research in 2 global labs - 800 people

3. © ABB Corporate Research, Norway, Niels D. Aakvaag 3 ABB Advanced Industrial Communication 40 Scientist Wireless communication Wireless Internet Industrial Ethernet Safety, security “Wireless power” Automation Process industry Power

4. © ABB Corporate Research, Norway, Niels D. Aakvaag 4 ABB ZigBee i industrien: Background Application of industrial automation (sensors, actuators), with high density of nodes communicating over RF. Industrial requirements typically: power consumption per node <100mW many hundred nodes in a network guaranteed response within 20-50 ms. Bluetooth has been used for industrial applications. Suffers from: short range small picocells, (relatively) high consumption high bitrate no real-time guarantee ABB has developed proprietary solution (not industry standard)

5. © ABB Corporate Research, Norway, Niels D. Aakvaag 5 ABB ZigBee i industrien: Possible solution: ZigBee by Philips (IEEE 802.15.4) Low bandwidth Low power consumption High number of active nodes Will probably gain industry-wide acceptance Elements: Comparison of Bluetooth and ZigBee based on available specification Study of interference problems with 802.11b and Bluetooth (theoretical and practical) Experimental ZigBee network (including miniature stack implementation) Theoretical and practical study of network layer Organisation:Niels D. Aakvaag (niels.aakvaag@no.abb.com)niels.aakvaag@no.abb.com Jonny Skålvik (jonny.skaalvik@no.abb.com)