Performance evaluation of FDDI-based fieldbus interconnection in factory automation environment

Author

Cavalier, S. ; Stefano, A. Di ; Bello, L. Lo ; Mirabello, O.

Author_Institution

Istituto di Inf. e Telecommun., Catania Univ., Italy

Volume

2

fYear

1996

fDate

17-20 Jun 1996

Firstpage

1025

Abstract

In the area of factory automation, the communication networks currently being used to connect field devices-sensors, actuators and control devices-share a common bus topology and are called fieldbuses. In a realistic scenario fieldbuses do not operate in an isolated fashion, but they communicate with each other through bridges. The large number of fieldbuses connected by bridges may cause problems regarding the time constraints of the control processes. This paper discusses the possibility of using an FDDI network as a backbone for fieldbuses. The performance of the FDDI protocol are evaluated by means of simulation in order to see whether an FDDI, used to interconnect fieldbus nodes, is able to respect the time constraints of periodic and asynchronous traffic generated in each fieldbus system

Keywords

FDDI; computer interfaces; factory automation; field buses; FDDI-based fieldbus interconnection; actuators; asynchronous traffic; common bus topology; communication network; control devices; control processes; factory automation; performance evaluation; periodic traffic; sensors; time constraints; Actuators; Automatic control; Bridges; Communication networks; Communication system control; FDDI; Field buses; Manufacturing automation; Network topology; Time factors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics, 1996. ISIE '96., Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Warsaw

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3334-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISIE.1996.551086

Filename

551086