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Automation networks have changed since this book was first published in 2003. In 13 years, some promised network standards have become reality, wireless networks have proliferated, and two international standards have emerged: WirelessHART and ISA100 Wireless. Ethernet has become dominant at the base network layers as well as with several application/user layers, and wireless now carries traffic previously assigned only to the wired Ethernet network. Are you trying to make sense of all the different industrial automation networks on the market today? Whether you're a novice industrial network user or someone who simply needs to brush up on the technology, Automation Network Selection will help you better understand and select the "right" network for a given application.