Technical Expert Group Network Communication

The Sino-German standardization cooperation on Industrie 4.0 (I4.0) / Intelligent Manufacturing (IM) initiated the study on communication technologies of interest to this Sino-German collaboration. Potential topics were identified, such as wireless communication, co-existence management, Wireless Industrial Application (WIA), and Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) profiling for industrial automation.

The report elaborates on I4.0 / IM industrial communication-related subjects mentioned above. It also reviews the IEC NP for TSN profiling for industrial automation. In addition, it raised for discussion the aspects of spectrum and co-existence management in international standardization. The report focusses on the specifications, guidelines, and testing activities in addition to IEEE 802 standards and projects are at the core of the Sino-German TSN activities.

The report emphasises on the exchange of test results related to draft standards emanating from IEEE 802.1 Working Group and IEC SC 65C Working Group 18. Additionally, the report endeavors to explore insights derived from relevant study items, namely, “large-scale TSN networking” and “LRP RAP” (standardization reference is IEEE Draft Standard P802.1Qdd.