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Re: [802SEC] ACTION REQUESTED: input on Wi-Fi in wireless industrial networks

Hi Andrew
I will not speak to the Wi-Fi 6 comment as there are many more qualified in WG 802.11 to add, but I can point out that "typical wireless industrial network requirements" are currently being met world-wide by use of 802.15 standards in a wide variety of industrial applications as well as other IoT.  I'd add only not to dismiss the potential impact of other 802.11 variants including 802.11ah which has made progress in industrial and IoT applications. Regarding 802.15  FWIW:
  • 802.15.4 is of course widely used in industrial and other IoT including factories, field area networks, energy distribution and management, and many others.  Within 802.15.4 we have a plethora of different technologies including very narrow-band sub-1GHz PHYs and 2.4 GHz PHYs (a bunch) which are dominant technologies in many industrial applications.  802.15.4 UWB is also widely used in industrial uses, quite differently, for precise locating and tracking of things and people, for example, in factories and other industrial applications.  With billions of devices deployed, it makes sense to mention 802.15.4 in any discussion of industrial wireless.
  • Other 802.15 standards are targeting industrial uses, though I'm not as up to date on how those are being used and how widely.  Others may want to comment.  Looking to the future, THz is predicted to be very important where high bandwidth is required; The 802.15.3 MAC is designed from the ground up to support low latency and high bandwidth, so I would expect 802.15.3 THz to become very relevant in the future.
  • Ongoing work on new standards in 802.15 is being driven by industrial and IoT, as well as consumer, requirements.
Clearly any discussion of industrial wireless is incomplete without pointing out the significant role played by 802.15 based technologies in the development of the industrial and IoT wireless markets as well as the continued work to address future requirements. I'm not sure how much detail you need, but you might find some useful info in the work of TAG 802.24 also.  I would be happy to work with you and rally others to help.

Ben


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From: Andrew Myles (amyles)
Sent: Friday, 26 November 2021 1:07 PM
To: STDS-802-SEC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG
Subject: ACTION REQUESTED: input on Wi-Fi in wireless industrial networks

 

G’day IEEE 802 EC

 

I sent the attached e-mail to the IEEE 802.11 WG e-mail reflector. However, the request could apply to other WGs too, especially:

  • 802.15 WG
  • 802.1 WG: Glenn, do I understand correctly that the 802.1 WG has decided not to respond?

 

Please forward it to your WGs as appropriate

 

Andrew Myles

IEEE 802 JTC1 Chair

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