Improvements on Ethernet LAN Network Infrastructure for Industrial Automation: a Case Study

Author

Pires, Paulo S Motta ; Anjos, Ivano Miranda dos

Author_Institution

Departamento de Engenharia de Computagao e Automagao, Univ. Fed. do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal

fYear

2006

fDate

20-22 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

16

Lastpage

22

Abstract

It is possible to supply the necessary network infrastructure of industrial plants with Ethernet technology which is strong, scalable, intelligent and safe, at costs that are compatible with the application. Due to the level of criticalness that involves this kind of environment, it is natural that a traditional approach prevails to define network type and architecture, rather than use the latest advances on Ethernet solutions. This paper presents the results of performance improvement on a local area network (LAN) infrastructure for process automation in petroleum industry. An Ethernet infrastructure was implemented for the support of process control replacing a previous architecture. The new network is fault-tolerant and supports availability requirements

Keywords

fault tolerant computing; local area networks; petroleum industry; process control; Ethernet LAN network infrastructure; fault-tolerant; industrial automation; industrial plants; local area network infrastructure; petroleum industry; process automation; process control; Automation; Availability; Costs; Ethernet networks; Fault tolerance; Industrial plants; Intelligent networks; Local area networks; Petroleum industry; Process control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, 2006. ETFA '06. IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

Prague

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9758-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ETFA.2006.355344

Filename

4178177