Title :
A fault tolerance analysis of Profibus systems by means of generalised stochastic Petri nets
Author :
Bello, L. Lo ; Mirabella, O.
Author_Institution :
Ist. di Inf. e Telecommun., Catania Univ., Italy
Abstract :
This paper analyses a well-known field bus system, the Profibus, as a gracefully degrading system. A two-phase analysis is performed, which takes into account permanent and temporary faults separately, and the consequences of a particular type of faults, called malicious, are also investigated. Finally a study of Profibus fault tolerance, based on a Petri net model, is presented
Keywords :
Petri nets; fault diagnosis; fault tolerance; field buses; stochastic processes; Profibus systems; fault tolerance analysis; field bus system; generalised stochastic Petri nets; gracefully degrading system; malicious faults; permanent faults; temporary faults; two-phase analysis; Communication system control; Degradation; Fault tolerant systems; Field buses; Frequency; Performance analysis; Petri nets; Process control; Stochastic processes; Stochastic systems;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics Society, 1999. IECON '99 Proceedings. The 25th Annual Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5735-3
DOI :
10.1109/IECON.1999.819384
