Deterministic Industrial Network Communication: Fundamentals

Industrial networks came into existence with the third industrial revolution to support manufacturing and automation. Over the years, there has been technical advancement in different aspects of networking technologies in order to make production and governing automation efficient and intelligent. This also brought along advancing threats leading to the need of advancements in counterattacking or prevention methods. However, to contribute in challenging the Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) the understanding of the fundamentals of industrial communication is needed. Determinism is at the core of automation, hence this report comprehends various literature sources on the industrial network communication strategies to achieve deterministic industrial network communication.