ABSTRACT
Instrument and sensor networks are one of the most important elements of process and automation industries. Although intelligent instruments and sensors are applied extensively, in some cases, there is still no intelligence associated (particularly with the sensors) as they behave as mere sensing elements. However, there has always been a need to monitor the processes with the classical elements of network management, such as faults, conguration, performance, accounting, and security. At this moment in time, most of the sensor networks in processes lack a standardized method of handling these classical requirements.
