Analysis and Design of a Modern SCADA System

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Abbreviation Description

Modbus/TCP Modicon bus/ transmission control protocol

MTU Master Terminal Unit

NAV Network Allocation Vector

NFR Non-Functional Requirements

NI National Instrument

NLOS Non-Line of Sight

OLSR Optimized Link State Routing

OPNET OPtimized NETworks

OSI Open Standard Interconnection

PAC Programmable Automation Controllers

PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect

PCM Pulse-code modulation

Personal Computer Memory Card International

PCMCIA (^) Association
PCs Personal Computers
PDU Protocol Data Unit
PID Proportional, Integral and Derivative
PLC Programmable logic Controller
PSN Public Switched Network
PVs Photovoltaic Power plants
PXI PCI eXtensions for Instrumentation