Poster: Feasibility of ICN in Automation Networks.

In an industrial automation environment, there are many sensors generating large volumes of data. Both time-critical data for real-time control as well as less time-critical data for central monitoring and log data need to co-exist in the system with often harsh wireless environments. Thus, available capacity may be low, causing congestion problems and long latencies for by traffic with less stringent timing requirements. In this paper, we consider the feasibility of using Information Centric Networking in industrial automation networks in order to improve efficiency in distribution of data and reduce latency.