Network Management of Critical Wireless Systems

摘要

With increasing reliance on wireless networks for process control, the question has arisen of how can these be monitored and maintenance proactively scheduled. The benefits of wireless communications have been proven through hundreds of thousands of applications in water/wastewater, oil and gas, and manufacturing, to name a few. Traditionally, once the network was installed, it was forgotten until a problem occurred. Wireless manufacturers' recommendations of regularly scheduled maintenance traditionally involved significant labor and hours of driving only to discover no faults, or trends too small to be indicative. As IT and other technical professionals have been using software tools to monitor copper networks for years, now software is available to do this automatically and conveniently for wireless networks. This paper will discuss the importance of network management on critical wireless systems that are relied on by large industrial facilities to supply drinking water to families, electricity to households and fuels for heating and transportation.