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Virtual Automation Networks "VAN" is an integrated Project funded by the European Commission under the Information Society Technology (IST) priority within the 6th Framework Programme (FP6)
The Virtual Automation Networks (VAN) Project focuses on an important part of a flexible manufacturing automation scheme: the required industrial communication network infrastructure for local and wide area connection between the parts of the automation functions.
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| VAN - Vision |
Vision of VAN is an open, universal, seamless multivendor networking solution which is able to link worldwide components in process and factory automation from the single sensor in one factory plant to remote machinery in de-centralized enterprises/sites. VAN's interoperable communication can be realized via fieldbuses, office networks and even the public communication infrastructure - wired or wireless.
Core of this approach is the IEC standard 61158 - Type 10, enlarged by web services and other IT based technologies to enable VAN's all-embracing communication approach. By means of a common engineering model the user may not see the single building blocks of the underlying communication infrastructure and regards the whole network as a homogeneous system. To realize this totally new concept, the Virtual Automation Networks solution provides scalable real-time, safety and security strategies, needed to meet QoS requirements over the Virtual Automation Network, necessary in automation-science and -practice.
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VAN Use Case for Factory Automation
