Section: D.3 Process automation D.3.0 General
Content: Process automation has much in common with factory automation (see clause D.2). Instead of discrete products (cars, chocolate bars, etc.), process automation addresses the production of bulk products such as petrol and reactive gases. In contrast to factory automation, motion control is of limited or no importance. Typical end-to-end latencies are 50 ms. User-experienced data rates, communication service availability, and connection density vary noticeably between applications. Below, we describe one emerging use case (remote control via mobile computational units, clause D.3.1) and a contemporary use case (monitoring, clause D.3.2). Note that automation fieldbuses (see clause D.2.0) are also used in process automation.