CHAPTER FIVE
Conclusions and Suggestions for Future Works5 .1 Conclusions
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems are
now becoming more and more popular in industrial processes and the
demands in functionality and high performance have been increasing
rapidly. SCADA is a process control system that enables a site operator to
monitor and control processes that are distributed among various remote
sites. A properly designed SCADA system saves time and money by
eliminating the need for service personnel to visit each site for inspection,
data collection/logging or make adjustments.
On the basis of experimental results the following conclusions
are inferred.
- The construction of the network topology was fast and easy using
Prim’s algorithm which proved its effectiveness in term of finding
the shortest paths in the network topology construction in short time. - Nominated long haul fiber optic cables ( 1000 base-LH &1000 base-
ZX) were suitable for connecting the network substations and
transmitting the network application data for determined distances. - In the case of network links failures dual links and redundant paths
were suitable solutions to add reliability and guarantee the continuity
and functionality of the network. - WMNs technique could be used as a backup solution of the network
and add more robustness to it, where the DSR protocol proved its
effectiveness in terms of its: low route discovery time, low packet
dropping rate, and low bandwidth utilization.