Overview
The IIoT and Industry 4.0 are fundamentally changing the way we think about automation networks. Through the value proposition that they bring to the table, additional requirements are now entering the world of automation networks that, previously, were not visible.
Among them is the ability to serve low-latency and low-jitter hard real-time applications such as motion control, while enabling the ability to simultaneously transmit soft real-time or best effort traffic on the same network. Previously, automation networks were usually structured to provide latency and jitter guarantees, or to provide large amounts of bandwidth - but both requirements could usually not be served simultaneously, and separate networks were set up. This increased costs as well as limited the accessibility of certain parts of the automation network - something that is no longer viable in an IIoT context.
Time-sensitive networking is a technology that combines the large bandwidth capabilities of Ethernet with the determinism of a real-time fieldbus - all based on vendor-neutral standards specified by the IEEE 802. It provides a technology that is not only fully compatible, but is part of standard Ethernet and can therefore serve as a universal communication platform for automation and mission-critical networks. The webinar will give an overview of the TSN technology and how it can be used to enable the automation networks of the future.
Key Takeaways
- Learn why TSN technology will help the IIoT and Industry 4.0 realize their full potential
- Understand why TSN is not "just another standard," but a new evolution in mission-critical networking
- Learn how TSN enables different traffic on the same network while providing the highest level of determinism in latency and jitter
- Discover the profound impact TSN will have on automation networks of the future
Speakers
A professor for IT Security at the University of Applied Science in Albstadt-Sigmaringen, Germany, Tobias Heer joined Belden in 2012. He received his doctoral degree in 2011 and worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Chair of Communication and Distributed Systems at RWTH Aachen University. His focus areas are network protocol design, security, and wireless communication. Heer was involved in the development and standardization of secure Internet protocols in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
Responsible for advance development within Belden's Industrial IT platform, Oliver Kleineberg joined Belden in 2007. He facilitated the integration of Tofino Security into Belden's Industrial Networking portfolio and is knowledgeable in all matters of cyber security, including application within the automation world. Kleineberg graduated from the Esslingen University of Applied Sciences in Computer Engineering and holds a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from the University of Limerick.