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Funded under 7th FWP (Seventh Framework Programme)
Research area: ICT-2007.3.7 Network embedded and control systems
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The project Flexible Wireless Automation in Real-Time Environments ( flexWARE
) aims to implement a novel platform, which will have a real-time communication
based on different wireless technologies. This novel secure middleware
between the physical communication and the application will be designed
with special respect to security, flexibility and mobile, real-time enabled
nodes that can roam between the Access Points of the system. This and
the conjunction with localization services will enable the dynamically
reconfigurable factory of the future, seizing new market opportunities
with revolutionary new possibilities for applications. The interfaces
to the applications will be open, allowing third party development in
a secure and predictable factory automation network. The outcome of the
project will open possibilities for more efficient production processes
and plants due to its flexibility and scalability. Moreover it is likely
that this proposed project will influence science as well as the market
due to the savings for (re-)cabling and maintenance as well as new opportunities
as factory wide maps of goods.
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