ABSTRACT
The Internet (the short form of internetwork) is now a very popular tool and Internet technologies are widely used in industry and daily life. Due to the Internet’s popularity, market pressure has led to Internet technologies being open, standard and low cost. Thus, these technologies are gaining more and more influence and applications in the BAS and IB industry. This chapter provides a background to the Internet, basic information on Internet protocols, a comparison between BAS LAN and the Internet network, information on typical Internet technologies, an outline of the influence and applications of Internet technologies at automation level and management level in the BAS/ IB field, and discussion of the total integration of IB systems.
