Article: Application layer of MAP. (Manufacturing Automation Protocol) (column)

Application Layer Of MAP

If you have stayed abreast of the development of Manufacturing Automation Protocol (MAP) you are aware that its progress has been slower than predicted. The MAP 3.0 specification was released in June, 1988 with the for six years. So why hasn't the application of MAP 3.0 local area networks (LANs) flourished as predicted? One limiting factor is the application layer.

MAP is built on the International Standards Organization's (ISO) Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) seven-layer reference model where each layer is assigned a protocol specification. Layer 1, for example, is the physical layer which defines the connection to ...

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