EIT-FUN-414-V-7 "Industrial Communication Networks" provides a systematic introduction to the following topics:

1. Industrial Communications: Use Cases, Markets and Requirements – Introduction with examples of major markets, introduction to technology concepts, KPIs, requirements
2. Review of basic properties and numerology of communication systems I
3. Review of basic properties and numerology of communication systems II
4. State of the Art industrial communications – examples with analysis of requirements, technological enablers, and challenges
5. Industrial communication technologies – Overview and classification, major trends and roadmaps for field bus, Industrial Ethernet, NFC, IEEE 802 and cellular technologies, wireless versus wireline
6. Industrial communication technologies – Field bus
7. Industrial communication technologies – Industrial Ethernet, Automotive Ethernet, Wireline and Wireless
8. Industrial communication technologies – NFC, RFID
9. Industrial communication technologies – IEEE 802.11 technologies and overview on other IEEE 802 technologies
10. Industrial communication technologies – Cellular (2G, 4G, 5G, 6G)
11. Industrial communication technologies – Low Power Wide Area standards
12. Industrial Campus networks I
13. Industrial Campus networks II
14. Comparison and future trends

Detailed course information and material available on the OpenOlat online course