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Basics of communication with Industrial Ethernet

1.2 Industrial Ethernet

1.2 Industrial Ethernet
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Basics of Industrial Ethernet

Properties of Industrial Ethernet
Industrial Ethernet is a powerful communication medium complying with the international
standard IEEE 802.3 (Ethernet) that was designed for the requirements in an industrial
environment.
Ethernet was developed for the office environment and is subject to certain restrictions due
to its origins. Industrial Ethernet therefore offers significant expansions of the Ethernet
technology for the industrial environment:
● Protection of investment by connecting existing fieldbus systems
● Network components for use in a tough industrial environment
● Rugged and simple connection on-site through FastConnect cabling system:
– Assembly of copper cables with RJ45 and M12 technology
– Assembly of POF, PCF and glass fiber-optic cables (multimode)
● High transmission performance even with large numbers of nodes thanks to the end-to-
end availability of components with 10/100, 1 Gbps and 10 Gbps
● Ethernet with real-time capability that fulfils high requirements for the reaction time
(PROFINET IRT, TSN)
● Integrated security concepts for protection against unauthorized access
● High availability of the networks thanks to redundant functionality, for example ring
redundancy and redundant power supply
● Permanent monitoring of the network components with simple and effective signaling
concept
● Almost unlimited communication performance, since scalable performance available
through switching technology when necessary
● Networking of different areas of application such as office and production
● Procedure for extremely fast handover of mobile IWLAN nodes between different access
points and therefore fast cyclic data communication (iPCF and iPCF-MC)
● Communication throughout the enterprise with the option of linking via WAN (Wide Area
Network), such as DSL or mobile wireless, for example
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