Researcher Meng Zheng

Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Biography

Meng Zheng is a Professor and PhD supervisor in Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is an IEEE Senior Member and the recipient of the National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars in 2020. He received the B.S. degree in Information and Computing Science and the M.S. degree in Operational Research and Cybernetics from Northeastern University, Shenyang, China, in 2005 and 2008, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in Mechatronic Engineering from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, in 2012. His research interests include industrial wireless networks and networked control systems. More than 100 papers have been published, an English Monograph has been published in Springer, and twenty invention patents have been granted. His achievements have supported the making of two industrial wireless standards WIA-PA and WIA-FA. He was awarded the first Prize of Natural Science Academic Achievement of Liaoning Province and the Prize of Outstanding Young Scientists and Technicians in the Shenyang Branch of Chinese Academy Sciences.  

Title

Design and Optimization Methods in Wireless Networks for Industrial Automation

Abstract

Industrial automation imposes the requirement of deterministic performance on wireless networks, in terms of hard-realtimeliness, high reliability and low power consumption. Due to the hostile radio frequency environment with strong interference and deep fading, the design of industrial wireless networks is faced with great challenges. We will first in this report introduce the representative fundamental results on wireless networks for process automation, including topology design for large scale and low overhead networking and cognitive networking protocols. Besides, we will introduce the representative works in wireless networks for factory automation, including topology design for dense and mobile networking, on-demand reliable retransmission schemes and resource allocation schemes for heterogeneous coexisting traffics. Finally, the applications of industrial wireless networks in industrial automation systems are discussed.