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Wireless Networks

The market demand for small portable terminals offering a variety of services to users coupled with the rapid advances in electronics technology has created an ever increasing need for wireless systems which can be small, convenient and ensure access of the user to its private communication environment. On the other hand, users expect to have all these services at home (e-mail, Internet, interactive games, video and other multimedia applications) which need a lot of bandwidth and demand advanced high speed modem design and sophisticated access networks.

Real Time Networking

APEL has developed strong expertise on fieldbus based control using emerging and forthcoming standards, like the CENELEC EN50170 Std. (PROFIBUS, FIP, P-NET), SP50 Fieldbus, Foundation Fieldbus and LONWorks system. The R&D work covers technologies and tools supporting the design and implementation of data-intensive real-time applications, like data acquisition and control systems. Also, there are implementations of special real-time / critical-time protocols, generic network management architectures and interworking communication structures for different fixed and wireless networks, supporting the end-to-end Quality of Service. These activities are supported by platforms for industrial networks, development systems for microprocessors / microcontrollers, PCB design tools and software tools (OPNET, SDL).