Title :
Network fabric fault-tolerance for Ethernet-based Networked Control Systems
Author :
Alfi, Christine H. ; Hilal, Yara K. ; Aziz, Gina H. ; Halawa, Hassan H. ; Refaat, Tarek K. ; Daoud, Ramez M. ; Amer, Hassanein H. ; ElSayed, Hany M.
Author_Institution :
Electron. Eng. Dept., American Univ. in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
Abstract :
Networked Control Systems (NCS) are widely used in industrial applications. Ethernet has recently been used as the communication protocol in NCS. Since overcoming faults is crucial in control systems, fault-tolerance in NCS is being extensively investigated. This paper focuses on the fault-tolerance aspect of Ethernet-based NCS at the network fabric level. It proposes a novel architecture that achieves successful recovery from any single link or switch failure. The model was also tested and proved to be fault-tolerant for some multiple failures.
Keywords :
fault tolerant computing; local area networks; networked control systems; Ethernet-based networked control systems; NCS; network fabric fault-tolerance; network fabric level; Actuators; Bridges; Fault tolerance; Fault tolerant systems; Protocols; Sensors; Switches; Ethernet; Networked Control Systems; fault-tolerance; network fabric;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Informatics (INDIN), 2013 11th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Bochum
DOI :
10.1109/INDIN.2013.6622958
