Guaranteeing DCCS timing requirements using P-NET fieldbus networks

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 1999

Authors

tovar, e (Author) Other; vasques, f (Author) FEUP; cardoso, a (Author) Other

Conference proceedings International

Title: IEEE Symposium on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA

Pages: 831-840

Proceedings of the 1999 7th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA'99)

Barcelona, Spain, 18 October 1999 through 21 October 1999

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Authenticus ID: P-007-8P8

DOI: 10.1109/etfa.1999.813079

Abstract (EN): In this paper, we analyze the ability of the P-NET fieldbus network to cope with the timing requirements of a Distributed Computer Control System (DCCS), where messages associated to discrete events should be made available to a distributed application within a maximum bound time. The major contribution of this paper is the integration of a pre-run-time schedulability analysis of the P-NET protocol with the typical Distributed Computer Controlled System requirements. A case study of a petrochemical DCCS application and its message communication support is presented, stressing some of the timing requirements that must be satisfied by the message exchanges. An implementation supported by a P-NET fieldbus network is then analyzed and some conclusions are drawn about this example.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 10