First prototype and experimental assessment of media management in ReCANcentrate

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2010

Authors

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

Conference proceedings International

Title: Proceedings of the 15th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA 2010

Pages: 1-8

Proceedings of 15th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA 2010, September 13-16, 2010, Bilbao, Spain

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Authenticus ID: P-007-WSB

DOI: 10.1109/etfa.2010.5641321

Abstract (EN): Although the use of star topologies to improve dependability in field-buses is gaining in importance, as in TTP/C and FlexRay, a mature technology such as the Controller Area Network (CAN) remained essentially a bus-only network. Thus, we proposed a CAN-compliant replicated star topology called ReCANcentrate, which has advanced error-containment and fault-tolerance mechanisms. Its two hubs are coupled with each other and create a single logical broadcast domain that allowed us to propose, in a previous work, a strategy for each node to easily manage the replicated star by means of a software driver that abstracts away the details of the replication. This paper describes the main functionalities of this driver, as well as the first tests we have conducted, on a real ReCANcentrate prototype, to verify the correctness and the performance of the driver in the absence and in the presence of faults. ©2010 IEEE.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific