Title :
Distributed Software Architecture Enabling Peer-to-Peer Communicating Controllers
Author :
YAN, JIU DUN ; Vyatkin, Valeriy
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Abstract :
This paper presents a novel model-driven software architecture for systems with high degree of redundancy and modularity of the equipment. The architecture is based on totally decentralized control. It combines adaptability and robustness of multi-agent control architectures with portability and interoperability benefits of IEC 61499 function block architecture. The architecture has been successfully proven feasible on a number of field trials, including modeling and implementation of a medium-scale airport baggage handling control. Deployment was done on distributed networks consisting of configurations ranging from a few to dozens of communicating control nodes. The work confirmed the ability to deliver similar functional characteristics as centralized systems but in a distributed implementation. Performance testing and development verified sufficient performance and software life-cycle benefits.
Keywords :
IEC standards; airports; control engineering computing; decentralised control; intelligent control; multi-agent systems; open systems; peer-to-peer computing; program testing; software architecture; IEC 61499 function block architecture; communicating control nodes; decentralized control; distributed networks; distributed software architecture; equipment modularity; equipment redundancy; interoperability benefits; medium-scale airport baggage handling control; model-driven software architecture; multiagent control architectures; peer-to-peer communicating controllers; performance testing; portability benefits; software life-cycle benefits; IEC standards; Intelligent control; Peer-to-peer computing; Routing; Software architecture; Distributed systems; IEC 61499; intelligent control;
Journal_Title :
Industrial Informatics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TII.2013.2258164
