Distributed computing for the factory-floor: a real-time approach using WorldFIP networks

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2001

Authors

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

Journal

Title: Computers in Industry

Vol. 44

Pages: 11-31

ISSN: 0166-3615

Publisher: Elsevier

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Authenticus ID: P-000-WZ4

DOI: 10.1016/s0166-3615(00)00078-6

Abstract (EN): Field communication systems (fieldbuses) are widely used as the communication support for distributed computer-controlled systems (DCCS) within all sort of process control and manufacturing applications. There are several advantages in the use of fieldbuses as a replacement for the traditional point-to-point links between sensors/actuators and computer-based control systems, within which the most relevant is the decentralisation and distribution of the processing power over the field. A widely used fieldbus is the WorldFIP, which is normalised as European standard EN 50170. Using WorldFIP to support DCCS, an important issue is "how to guarantee the timing requirements of the real-time traffic?" WorldFIP has very interesting mechanisms to schedule data transfers, since it explicitly distinguishes periodic and aperiodic traffic. In this paper, we describe how WorldFIP handles these two types of traffic, and more importantly, we provide a comprehensive analysis on how to guarantee the timing requirements of the real-time traffic. (C) 2001 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 21