Review Article

Routing in Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks: A Survey

Table 1

Industrial applications classification.

CategoryClassApplicationDescription

Safety0Emergency actionAlways critical
Control1Closed loop regulatory controlOften critical
Control2Closed loop supervisory controlUsually noncritical
Control3Open loop controlHuman in the loop
Monitoring4AlertingShort-term operational consequence. For example, event-based maintenance
Monitoring5Logging and downloading/uploadingNo immediate operational consequence. For example, history collection, sequence of events, and preventive maintenance