WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING PROCESS CONTROL IN FACTORY, AND METHOD OF PROCESS CONTROL

The present invention is directed to managing a process in a factory while employing a communication method suitable to various kinds of data that should be transmitted. A wireless communication apparatus configured to manage a process in a factory includes an interface connected to a device and usa...

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Hauptverfasser: TAGAWA, Sumio, FUKUMORI, Takeshi
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:The present invention is directed to managing a process in a factory while employing a communication method suitable to various kinds of data that should be transmitted. A wireless communication apparatus configured to manage a process in a factory includes an interface connected to a device and usable to receive data from the device, a first wireless communication portion, a second wireless communication portion, and a controller configured to, to wirelessly transmit the data received via the interface, select one of the first wireless communication portion and the second wireless communication portion according to this data. The first wireless communication portion is configured to carry out communication at a higher speed and with a larger capacity than the second wireless communication portion. The second wireless communication portion is configured to carry out more reliable communication than the first wireless communication portion.