Automated method for configuring an industrial communication network (IN), comprising the steps of: - deploying an application (A), which is deployable to the industrial communication network (IN), to a digital twin (DT), whereby the digital twin (DT) is set up to represent the application (A), to represent a digital representation of an industrial communication system which is comprising the industrial communication network (IN), devices (D) connected to the industrial communication network, and processes, and to represent physical interactions in the industrial communication system, - running the application (A) on the digital twin (DT), whereby - data of the application's (A) communication traffic is collected, - application's (A) end points and their corresponding communication characteristics in the industrial communication network (IN) are initially detected and classified based on the collected application's (A) communication traffic, - the initially detected communication characteristics of the communication links used by the application (A) are changed until reaching limits of pre-defined application performance quality, and - from thereof determined communication characteristics network parameters for the communication service required by the application (A) are derived, - and configuring the industrial communication network (IN) based on the determined network parameters. - deploying an application (A), which is deployable to the industrial communication network (IN), to a digital twin (DT), whereby the digital twin (DT) is set up to represent the application (A), to represent a digital representation of an industrial communication system which is comprising the industrial communication network (IN), devices (D) connected to the industrial communication network, and processes, and to represent physical interactions in the industrial communication system, - running the application (A) on the digital twin (DT), whereby - data of the application's (A) communication traffic is collected, - application's (A) end points and their corresponding communication characteristics in the industrial communication network (IN) are initially detected and classified based on the collected application's (A) communication traffic, - the initially detected communication characteristics of the communication links used by the application (A) are changed until reaching limits of pre-defined application performance quality, and - from thereof determined communication characteristics network parameters for the communication service required by the application (A) are derived, - data of the application's (A) communication traffic is collected, - application's (A) end points and their corresponding communication characteristics in the industrial communication network (IN) are initially detected and classified based on the collected application's (A) communication traffic, - the initially detected communication characteristics of the communication links used by the application (A) are changed until reaching limits of pre-defined application performance quality, and - from thereof determined communication characteristics network parameters for the communication service required by the application (A) are derived, - and configuring the industrial communication network (IN) based on the determined network parameters. <EOS>