Assessment of PROFIBUS networks using a fault injection framework

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2005

Authors

José Augusto Carvalho (Author) Other; Adriano Silva Carvalho, (Author) FEUP; Paulo José Portugal (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: ETFA 2005: 10th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, Vol 1, Pts 1 and 2, Proceedings

Pages: 415-423

10th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation

Catania, ITALY, SEP 19-22, 2005

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ISI Web of Knowledge - 1 Citation

Scopus - 9 Citations

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Scientific classification

CORDIS: Technological sciences > Engineering > Control engineering ; Technological sciences > Engineering > Electrical engineering

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-000-5NF

DOI: 10.1109/ETFA.2005.1612555

Abstract (EN): Industrial control systems architectures have been evolving to the decentralization of control tasks. This evolution associated with the time-critical nature Of these tasks, increases the dependability requirements for one of their most critical components: the communication system. Therefore, this is an important aspect on the control system design which must be properly evaluated. In this paper the dependability of a PROFIBUS network is assessed. By using of a fault injection framework the network operation is disturbed with fault scenarios which are representative of industrial environments. From these experiments, the stability of the PROFIBUS logical ring is analyzed, the main outages causes are identified and their probabilities are obtained.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 9