DocumentCode :
2675316
Title :
Distributed clock synchronization in discrete event simulators for wireless factory automation
Author :
Ring, Felix ; Gaderer, Georg ; Nagy, Anetta ; Loschmidt, Patrick
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Integrated Sensor Syst., Austrian Acad. of Sci., Wiener Neustadt, Austria
fYear :
2010
fDate :
Sept. 27 2010-Oct. 1 2010
Firstpage :
103
Lastpage :
108
Abstract :
One very interesting trend in factory automation is the introduction of wireless networks to the factory floor. This requires investigation of problems which are not present with wired technology. Tracking of mobile nodes, as well as seamless handover are such problems. Precise clock synchronization is needed to solve these new issues. For large-scale systems it is economically unreasonable to implement complete factory scenarios with prototypes in order to test for architectural, engineering, and design problems. It is mandatory to have a proper simulation environment at hand in order to study the influence of various design decisions. This paper discusses techniques of how to simulate such a large-scale system with special focus on proper modeling and simulation of distributed clocks in a discrete event simulation environment.
Keywords :
discrete event simulation; factory automation; large-scale systems; mobile communication; mobile computing; production engineering computing; synchronisation; discrete event simulators; distributed clock synchronization; large-scale systems; seamless handover; wireless factory automation; Automation; Clocks; Ethernet networks; Oscillators; Real time systems; Synchronization; Wireless communication;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Precision Clock Synchronization for Measurement Control and Communication (ISPCS), 2010 International IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Portsmouth, NH
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5978-0
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ISPCS.2010.5609764
Filename :
5609764
Link To Document :
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