Dr.-Ing. Henning Trsek studied Electrical Engineering and InformationTechnology at the OWL University of Applied Sciences, Lemgo, HalmstadUniversity, Sweden, and Aalborg University, Denmark. Afterwards he was employedat the Institute Industrial IT (inIT) with the responsibilities of a researchgroup leader. At the same time he obtained his Dr.-Ing. from theOtto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg. His research interests are in the areaof Smart Factories, Industrie 4.0 and Industrial Security. Currently, he isemployed at rt-solutions.de as Senior Consultant and responsible for theIndustrial Security group.

• Introduction.- Related Work and Background.- Industrial Environment Characterisation.- Isochronous Wireless Network for Industrial Automation.- Deterministic Medium Access Control.- Resource Allocation.- Provision of a Global Time Base.- Evaluation.- Conclusion and Future Research Directions.

Dr.-Ing. Henning Trsek studied Electrical Engineering and InformationTechnology at the OWL University of Applied Sciences, Lemgo, HalmstadUniversity, Sweden, and Aalborg University, Denmark. Afterwards he was employedat the Institute Industrial IT (inIT) with the responsibilities of a researchgroup leader. At the same time he obtained his Dr.-Ing. from theOtto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg. His research interests are in the areaof Smart Factories, Industrie 4.0 and Industrial Security. Currently, he isemployed at rt-solutions.de as Senior Consultant and responsible for theIndustrial Security group.

• Introduction.- Related Work and Background.- Industrial Environment Characterisation.- Isochronous Wireless Network for Industrial Automation.- Deterministic Medium Access Control.- Resource Allocation.- Provision of a Global Time Base.- Evaluation.- Conclusion and Future Research Directions.

Dr.-Ing. Henning Trsek studied Electrical Engineering and InformationTechnology at the OWL University of Applied Sciences, Lemgo, HalmstadUniversity, Sweden, and Aalborg University, Denmark. Afterwards he was employedat the Institute Industrial IT (inIT) with the responsibilities of a researchgroup leader. At the same time he obtained his Dr.-Ing. from theOtto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg. His research interests are in the areaof Smart Factories, Industrie 4.0 and Industrial Security. Currently, he isemployed at rt-solutions.de as Senior Consultant and responsible for theIndustrial Security group.

• Introduction.- Related Work and Background.- Industrial Environment Characterisation.- Isochronous Wireless Network for Industrial Automation.- Deterministic Medium Access Control.- Resource Allocation.- Provision of a Global Time Base.- Evaluation.- Conclusion and Future Research Directions.