ETSI, 20-21 October 2009
ETSI is a non-profit standard organization, well known for producing high quality, reliable and scalable radio and communications standards which are deployed worldwide. Today, ETSI is gaining a lot of momentum on sensor networks (RFID), machine to machine communications and more generally the Internet of things. In addition, one of ETSI's undisputable assets is its competence in interoperability engineering and its work on standards architecture, that many external standards support organizations come to seek at ETSI.
A critical point for the wireless factory automation domain is that ETSI is well connected to the European policy makers and regulatory bodies (EC, CEPT, NRAs). These formal relationships enable ETSI to initiate new frequency spectrum allocations, e.g. for wireless automation usage. Such spectrum could be allocated in Europe in a first step and afterwards turned into a global allocation by using ETSI's links to international regulatory bodies such as the ITU.
Looking at some of the challenges the wireless factory industry is facing today, it is believed that it is one of the domains where ETSI is naturally positioned to help build a profitable industrial ecosystem, in particular when it comes to interoperability/standards integration/systems architecture.
ETSI's expertise in working on standards encompassing real-time communications, reliability, protocol and encryption stacks perfectly suits to the challenges that the wireless factory community is facing today when considering the deployment of wireless means of communications.
Since 2008 ETSI had been exploring and discussing trends, players, challenges and opportunities with regards to wireless factory problem. This year's event was organised to have a say from the beginning, to influence, to meet other players and discuss their agendas. Several topics have been identified for standardization in the area of wireless factory automation ('WIFA'). Participants to a Starter Group meeting qualify, discuss and further refine the initial steps for true standardization work that needs to happen in near future. Furthermore, interested parties commit themselves to actively contribute to the elaboration of standards during the Starter Group meeting.
50 people from Ascom Wireless Solutions, AT&T Global Network Services Belgium SPRL, Boeing Company, Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique S.A., Cisco Systems Belgium, Convergence System Telecommunication Networks (CSTN3), CYCLOPS BILGI TEKNOLOJILERI MUH. DAN. HIZM.SAN. ve TIC.A.S., DSPG Edinburgh Ltd, EADS Secure Networks SAS, EDF Research & Development, EMCF, Enraf, FBConsulting S.A.R.L., Flanders' MECHATRONICS Technology Centre (FMTC), France Telecom, Fraunhofer ESK, Frost & Sullivan, Halmstad University, HART Communication Foundation, Hoeft & Wessel AG, ifak e.V. Magdeburg, Innovalia Association, Intel corporation, Ministry of Economic Affairs, NEC EUROPE LTD, Oaktree Wireless, ORANGE SA, OWL University of Applied Sciences, PLEXTEK Limited, Profibus User Organization (PNO), Research in Motion UK Limited, ROBERT BOSCH GmbH, SAGEM Communications SAS, sap research, SiTel Semiconductor BV, TOSHIBA RESEARCH EUROPE LTD, Ubisense Ltd, Yamatake Corporation, ZVEI - German Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association participated to this event.
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EVENT AGENDA
SETTING THE FOCUS
- Welcome address
Walter Weigel, ETSI Director General - Objectives of the meeting
Peter Pitsch, Intel Corp. ETSI Board Member
REQUIREMENTS & EXPECTATIONS
- What users want
Abhishek Gokhale, Programme Manager - Industrial Automation & Process Control, Frost & Sullivan - Driving Standards in Boeing Factory Wireless Environments
James T. Farricker, Sr. Technical Fellow - Chief Engineer, Boeing Network, The Boeing Company
SPECTRUM AND LICENSING ISSUES
- Securing spectrum for wireless factory applications
Dr. Gabrielle Owen, ETSI TC ERM Chair, Agentschap Telecom - Usage of exclusive spectrum
Jean-Baptiste Vezin, Product Manager, Sagem, Member of Femtocell Forum
- Why a major provider of wireless Wi-Fi, high speed internet and voice services is interested in Wireless Factory?
Marc Grant, AT&T, ETSI Board Member, Convenor of Day 2
WIRELESS FACTORY NEEDS SECURITY, RELIABILITY...AND SPEED
- Ultra Wide Band capabilities
Dr. Michael MAHLER, ETSI TC ERM TGUWB Chairman, Robert Bosch GmbH - Real-Time Location Systems in Factory Automation - Examples from the Automotive Industry)
Dr Andreas SCHÜRZINGER, Senior Consultant, Ubisense AG - Use cases of DECT in M2M communication
Andrea Lorelli, Technical Officer, ETSI - DECT for Industrial Communication Systems
Dr. Andreas Müller, Director R&D, Hoeft & Wessel AG - Real-time requirements
Hans GERLACH-ERHARDT, Director Technologies & Alliances, Festo AG & Co. KG, on behalf of Profibus Nutzerorganisation (PNO) - Radio Technology for real time application
Dr. Lutz Rauchhaupt, Technical Manager for Wireless Industrial Communication, Flexware Project
KEY INITATIVES and PARTNERS in FACTORY AUTOMATION
- ISA100 Wireless Network
Dr. Bin Sai, Chief Technology Officer, Honeywell Enraf - WirelessHART, technology and deployment
Jean-Luc Griessmann, HART Communication Foundation Europe - Wireless communication and research for the Factory of the Future: Manufuture perspective
Marc Engels, FMTC on behalf of Chris Decubber, Agoria / Manufuture
MIDDLEWARE AND APPLICATIONS
- Real world integration platform
Gilles Logeais, SAP - EPOSS in the wireless factory
Alessandro Bassi, Hitachi Europe SAS - Interoperability and co-existence
Milan Zoric, Senior Technical Expert, Centre for Testing and Interoperability, ETSI