Mission critical communication link hub

1. A method of providing communication between a wireless mission critical communication link (MCCL) and a wired MCCL, comprising:

determining a wireless communication cycle of a primary device coupled to the wireless MCCL;

determining a wired communication cycle of a secondary device, wherein the secondary device is coupled via the wired MCCL;

receiving a feedback signal from the secondary device over the wired MCCL;

synchronizing a start time of the wireless communication cycle to a start of the wired communication cycle; and

transmitting the feedback signal over the wireless MCCL to the primary device at an aligned start time of the wired communication cycle.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein synchronizing the start time of the wireless communication cycle further comprises:

configuring the wireless communication cycle based on the wired communication cycle.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the wireless communication cycle and the wired communication cycle are set to a constant latency.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wireless MCCL is a which link operates based on an IO-Link wireless standard, and wherein the wired MCCL operates based on a wired IO-Link.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the primary device is a master device controlling the secondary device.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the primary device and the secondary device are connected to a hub configured to facilitate connecting between devices connected to the wired MCCL and the wireless MCCL.

7. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions for causing a processing circuitry to execute the method of claim 1 .

8. A hub for interfacing between a wireless mission critical communication link (MCCL) and a wired MCCL, comprising:

a wired interface a providing a physical layer connectivity to the wired MCCL;

a plurality of ports coupled to the wired interface;

a wireless interface providing a physical layer connectivity to the wireless MCCL; and

processing circuitry; and

a memory, the memory containing instructions that, when executed by the processing circuitry, configure the hub to:

determine a wireless communication cycle of a primary device coupled to the wireless MCCL;

determine a wired communication cycle of a secondary device, wherein the secondary device is coupled via one of the plurality of ports to the wired MCCL;

receive a feedback signal from the secondary device over the wired MCCL;

synchronize a start time of the wireless communication cycle to a start of the wired communication cycle; and

transmit the feedback signal over the wireless MCCL to the primary device at an aligned start time of the wired communication cycle.

9. The hub of claim 8 , wherein the hub is further configured to:

configure the wireless communication cycle based on the wired communication cycle.

10. The hub of claim 8 , wherein each of the wired communication cycle and the wireless communication cycle are set to a constant latency.

11. The hub of claim 8 , wherein the wireless MCCL is a link which operates based on an IO-Link wireless standard, and wherein the wired MCCL operates based on a wired IO-Link.

12. The hub of claim 11 , wherein the primary device is a master device controlling the secondary device.

13. The hub of claim 8 , wherein the hub is further configured to: convert control signals received on the wired MCCL to control signals in a format compliant with the wireless MCCL.