First results of the assessment of the improvement of error containment achieved by CANcentrate

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2006

Authors

Barranco, M (Author) Other; Proenza, J (Author) Other; Luis Almeida (Author) Other

Conference proceedings International

Title: IEEE International Workshop on Factory Communication Systems - Proceedings, WFCS

Pages: 75-78

WFCS 2006: 2006 IEEE International Workshop on Factory Communication Systems

Torino, 28 June 2006 through 30 June 2006

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Scopus - 3 Citations

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Authenticus ID: P-007-KRA

Abstract (EN): Although the Controller Area Network (CAN) is widely used as the communication subsystem of many distributed control systems, it presents dependability limitations that are inherent to its bus topology. In particular, it lacks of the tailored mechanisms to avoid that the errors generated by a single fault jeopardizes the communication capabilities of many nodes, possibly causing a general failure of the system. In order to overcome this limitation, we developed an innovative star topology, called CANcentrate, whose hub includes advanced error-containment mechanisms. This paper explains how to model both CAN and CANcentrate by means of stochastic Petri Nets, in order to assess the error-containment improvement achieved by CANcentrate over CAN, and further shows some first results. ©2006 IEEE.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific