Title :
Redundancy Performance of Virtual Network Solutions
Author :
Koch, Fabian ; Hansen, Kai T.
Author_Institution :
ABB Corporate Res., Ladenburg
Abstract :
This article discusses various ways to obtain redundancy for an Ethernet based control system and the requirements that must be fulfilled. It reports on results of testing of the common address redundancy protocol (CARP) and analyzes for which applications this solution is feasible.
Keywords :
control systems; local area networks; protocols; Ethernet based control system; common address redundancy protocol; redundancy performance; virtual network solution; Automatic control; Availability; Communication system control; Control systems; Electrical equipment industry; Ethernet networks; Humans; Motion control; Redundancy; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, 2006. ETFA '06. IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Prague
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9758-4
DOI :
10.1109/ETFA.2006.355395
