Interconnecting fieldbuses through ATM

Author

Kunert, O. ; Zitterbart, M.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Oper. Syst. & Comput. Networks, Tech. Univ. of Braunschweig, Germany

fYear

35735

fDate

2-5 Nov1997

Firstpage

538

Lastpage

544

Abstract

Networks for factory automation, often named fieldbuses, have been developed to fulfill real time requirements. However, they can only cover geographical areas such as factory halls or buildings. The paper describes a model for internetworking fieldbuses via ATM networks. A remote bridge is used to span longer distances between fieldbus components in a separated fieldbus. Furthermore, a multiport bridge connecting several independent fieldbuses is investigated. The emphasis is laid on the investigation of quality of service requirements the transport channel provided by the ATM network has to meet. By means of the wide spread fieldbus PROFIBUS the implications for real time applications and the system behavior are considered

Keywords

LAN interconnection; asynchronous transfer mode; field buses; industrial control; manufacturing data processing; real-time systems; ATM networks; PROFIBUS; factory automation; interconnecting fieldbuses; internetworking; multiport bridge; quality of service requirements; real time applications; real time requirements; remote bridge; system behavior; transport channel; Bridges; Field buses; IP networks; Internet; Manufacturing automation; Operating systems; Production facilities; Protocols; Real time systems; Timing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Local Computer Networks, 1997. Proceedings., 22nd Annual Conference on

Conference_Location

Minneapolis, MN

ISSN

0742-1303

Print_ISBN

0-8186-8141-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LCN.1997.631024

Filename

631024