Title :
Uniform engineering of distributed control systems - The VAN approach
Author :
Hoffmann, Martin ; Mühlhause, Mathias ; Chiari, Marco ; Schwab, Christian
Author_Institution :
Magdeburg Univ., Magdeburg
Abstract :
Within this work in progress paper, a concept for uniform engineering of wide-area distributed control systems (DCS), ranging from local area networks (LANs) to wide area networks (WANs), and forming "virtual automation networks" will be presented. Based on this heterogeneous communication infrastructure, incorporating all kinds of communication technologies, the basic concept of a DCS ranging from the automation device and network topologya uniform engineering concept and integration strategies to manage such systems will be introduced.
Keywords :
control engineering computing; distributed control; local area networks; wide area networks; distributed control systems; heterogeneous communication infrastructure; local area networks; network topology; uniform engineering; virtual automation networks; wide area networks; Communication industry; Communication system control; Control systems; Design engineering; Distributed control; Manufacturing automation; Network topology; Process planning; Production planning; Virtual private networks;
Conference_Titel :
Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, 2007. ETFA. IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Patras
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0825-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0826-9
DOI :
10.1109/EFTA.2007.4416839
