Industrial automation applications provide control, conservation, efficiency, and
safety, as follows:
Sensing applications extend existing manufacturing and process control
systems reliably.
Sensing applications improve asset management by continuous monitoring of
critical equipment.
Sensing applications reduce energy costs through optimized manufacturing
processes.
Sensing applications help identify inefficient operation or poorly performing
equipment.
Sensing applications help automate data acquisition from remote sensors to
reduce user intervention.
Sensing applications provide detailed data to improvepreventivemaintenance
programs.
Sensing applications help deploy monitoring networks to enhance employee
and public safety.
Sensing applications help streamlining data collection for improved compli-
ance reporting.
Specific applications for industrial and commercial spaces include [2.32]:
Warehouses, fleet management, factories, supermarkets, office complexes
Gas, water, and electric meters
Smoke, CO, and H2O detectors
Refrigeration cage or appliance
Equipment management services and preventive maintenance
Security services (including peel-n’-stick security sensors)
Lighting control
Assembly line and workflow and inventory
Materials processing systems (heat, gas flow, cooling, chemical)
Gateway orfieldservice links to sensors and equipment (monitored tosupport
preventive maintenance, status changes, diagnostics, energy use, etc.)
Remote monitoring from corporate headquarters of assets, billing, and energy
management
According to some observers, RFID tags are poised to become the most far-
reaching wireless technology since the cell phone [2.33]. Worldwide revenues
from RFID tags was expected to jump to $2.8 billion in 2009. During this period,
the technology will appear in many industries, with a significant impact on the effi-
ciency of business processes. In the near term, the largest RFID segment is cartons
and supply chains; the second-largest market for RFIDs is consumer products,
although this market is sensitive to privacy concerns. Some C2WSNs (e.g., sup-
ported with RFID technology) has applications for livestock and domestic pets;
humans; carton and supply chain uses; pharmaceuticals; large freight containers;
package tracking; consumer products; security, banking, purchasing and access
control; and others [2.34]. For example, Airbus’s A380 airplane is equipped with
about 10,000 RFID chips; the plane has passive RFID chips on removable parts
such as passenger seats and plane components. The benefits of RFID tagging of air-
plane parts include reducing the time it takes to generate aircraft-inspection reports
and optimizing maintenance operations.
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