Evaluation of Timing Characteristics of Industrial Ethernet Networks Synchronized by means of IEEE 1588

Author

Depari, A. ; Ferrari, P. ; Flammini, A. ; Marioli, D. ; Taroni, A.

Author_Institution

Brescia Univ., Brescia

fYear

2007

fDate

1-3 May 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

This paper deals with time synchronization of distributed systems over Industrial Ethernet network. A new simulation model of IEEE1588 PTP is presented and discussed. The development platform used for simulation is OPNETtrade. Architecture of the proposed model is explained in details, highlighting some special features introduced by authors: modelization of drift and rate variations in the local oscillator and packet timestamping at any level of the protocol stack. Three typical industrial application scenarios have been simulated using the proposed model. Effects of bandwidth usage and network topology have been studied and results are reported. For instance, standard deviation of time offset in the order of 5 mus can be obtained in networks with 48 nodes and cycle time of 1 ms.

Keywords

local area networks; protocols; synchronisation; telecommunication network topology; IEEE 1588; OPNET; distributed systems; industrial Ethernet networks; local oscillator; network topology; packet timestamping; precision time protocol; time synchronization; timing characteristics; Automation; Clocks; Electronics industry; Ethernet networks; Local oscillators; Network topology; Protocols; Switches; Synchronization; Timing; Ethernet; IEEE1588; Simulation model; Synchronization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference Proceedings, 2007. IMTC 2007. IEEE

Conference_Location

Warsaw

ISSN

1091-5281

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0588-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.2007.379163

Filename

4258082