Mesh Networking in Cyber-Physical Production Systems: Towards Modular Industrial Equipment Integration

Abstract

Ensuring uninterrupted interaction of modular industrial equipment units is one of the most important engineering tasks. The concept of Cyber-Physical Production Systems (CPPS) assumes that the distributed network should correspond to the current industrial process and be able to quickly reorganize it when changes occur. If composition of the equipment becomes more complicated, a standard topology with one central control node might get ineffective. This article describes the application of mesh-network technology to ensure the interaction of industrial devices and sensors included in the modular equipment. Virtual deployment of the network and a description network nodes interaction including new node registration in the dispatcher registry are given.

Keywords

• Mesh networking
• Cyber-Physical Production Systems
• Industrial Automation