Experimental Determination of Real Time Peer to Peer Communication Characteristics of EtherNet/IP

Author

Kalappa, N. ; Acton, K. ; Antolovic, M. ; Mantri, S. ; Parrott, J. ; Luntz, J. ; Moyne, J. ; Tilbury, D.

Author_Institution

Eng. Res. Center for Reconfigurable Manuf. Syst., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI

fYear

2006

fDate

20-22 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

1061

Lastpage

1064

Abstract

The improvement in Ethernet based technologies has resulted in its use in real-time applications on the factory floor. Manufacturers, vendors and end users of automation devices are aiming at the economical and technical benefits of Ethernet based communication. Many Ethernet based protocols have been developed due to the promotion by several companies and organizations. There has been a considerable amount of research on whether these Ethernet based systems are able to fulfill the real-time requirements. To this end, this paper presents an evaluation of EtherNet/IP and its applicability for peer-to-peer communications on the factory floor.

Keywords

IP networks; factory automation; local area networks; peer-to-peer computing; protocols; EtherNet/IP; factory floor; protocol; real time peer to peer communication; Ethernet networks; Floors; Manufacturing automation; Peer to peer computing; Production facilities; Programmable control; Protocols; Real time systems; TCPIP; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, 2006. ETFA '06. IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

Prague

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9758-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ETFA.2006.355194

Filename

4178309