Industrial communication acts as the "backbone" of automation, enabling decentralized tasks to function as a unified system. Unlike standard IT networks, industrial systems must meet stricter requirements for:
: Facilitating data flow from field-level sensors and actuators up to corporate IT systems for digitalization and the "digital factory" vision . Industrial Communication Systems (The Industria...
: Covers the integration of the factory floor with the internet using UDP, TCP, and Semantic Web Services. Significance in Industrial Automation Industrial Communication Systems (The Industria...