Offering support for real-time communications on top of a wireless network infrastructure is both a hot topic and still an open challenge. Wireless networks are not on the same level of safety, dependability, and timeliness observed in the wired realm, but they are evolving towards it. Instead of focusing on the results that need to be delivered, the key factors of wireless real-time networks are on the foundation of the network operation, defining their capability of being dependable, safe, and timely on their roots. IEEE 802.15.4 and ISA100.11a are part of this context, which we show how to be strengthened. From dealing with network inaccessibility to touching the needs of reliable communication protocols to ensure the safe and sound exchange of information, this white paper describes how we can go from dependability to timeliness. This is achieved by visiting the roots of the network operation for securing the provided communication service as a dependable, safe, and timely asset for industrial automation.
Keywords: Dependability, Safety, Timeliness, Resilience, Real-Time Wireless Networks, Industrial Automation.
Task-Oriented Communications for 3D Scene Representation: Balancing Timeliness and Fidelity
School of Computing Science, University of Glasgow（格拉斯哥大学计算科学学院）；Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester（曼彻斯特大学计算机科学系）；School of Engineering, University of Glasgow（格拉斯哥大学工程学院）
On the Age of Status Updates in Unreliable Multi-Source M/G/1 Queueing Systems
PSG College of Technology（PSG理工学院）；University of Alberta（阿尔伯塔大学）；Nazarbayev University（纳扎尔巴耶夫大学）；Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences（基础科学研究所）；University of Tehran（德黑兰大学）；Jinan University（暨南大学）
Deep-Reinforcement-Learning-Based AoI-Aware Resource Allocation for RIS-Aided IoV Networks
School of Internet of Things Engineering, Jiangnan University（江南大学物联网工程学院）；Department of Electronic Engineering, Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology, Tsinghua University（清华大学电子工程系，北京信息科学与技术国家研究中心）；State Key Lab. of ISN and School of Telecommunications Engineering, Xidian University（西安电子科技大学信息与通信系统国家重点实验室及电信工程学院）；School of Engineering, University of Kent（肯特大学工程学院）；Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)（香港科技大学电子与计算机工程系）
