Holistic, automated design of wireless building automation systems

Abstract

Wireless automation systems are gaining momentum as they promise an easy installation, extension and mobile integration. But, wireless systems also add new problems. Wireless devices have limited energy resources and the wireless propagation is erroneus particularly in automation systems. This needs to be considered already during the system design to avoid time consuming trial-and-error setups. This paper introduces a holistic design approach that addresses these common issues in wireless building automation system design. It takes up novel design concepts and tools from wired system design and combines them in a holistic tool environment that supports the engineer in his common work flow to efficiently design reliable wireless building automation systems.