Improving the real-time performance of Ethernet for plant automation (EPA) based industrial networks

Li LU; Dong-qin FENG; Jian CHU

doi:10.1631/jzus.C1200363

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Improving the real-time performance of Ethernet for plant automation (EPA) based industrial networks

计算机与自动化 | Updated：2022-12-09

- Improving the real-time performance of Ethernet for plant automation (EPA) based industrial networks
- Improving the real-time performance of Ethernet for plant automation (EPA) based industrial networks
- 信息与电子工程前沿（英文） 2013年14卷第6期页码：433-448
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Institute of Cyber-Systems and Control, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
  2.State Key Laboratory of Industrial Control Technology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
- Author bio：
  
  [ "Li LU, E-mail: llu@iipc.zju.edu.cn" ]
  Dong-qin FENG, E-mail: dqfeng@iipc.zju.edu.cn
- Funds：
  
  Project supported by the National High-Tech R&D Program (863) of China (No. 2008AA042602) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 61075078 and 61074028)
- DOI：10.1631/jzus.C1200363
  中图分类号： TP293
- 收稿：2012-12-09，
  
  修回：2013-;5-17，
  
  纸质出版：2013-06
- Accepted：
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Improving the real-time performance of Ethernet for plant automation (EPA) based industrial networks[J]. 信息与电子工程前沿（英文）, 2013,14(6):433-448.

Li LU, Dong-qin FENG, Jian CHU. Improving the real-time performance of Ethernet for plant automation (EPA) based industrial networks[J]. Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering, 2013, 14(6): 433-448.
Improving the real-time performance of Ethernet for plant automation (EPA) based industrial networks[J]. 信息与电子工程前沿（英文）, 2013,14(6):433-448. DOI： 10.1631/jzus.C1200363.

Li LU, Dong-qin FENG, Jian CHU. Improving the real-time performance of Ethernet for plant automation (EPA) based industrial networks[J]. Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering, 2013, 14(6): 433-448. DOI： 10.1631/jzus.C1200363.

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Abstract

Real-time Ethernet (RTE) control systems with critical real-time requirements are called fast real-time (FRT) systems. To improve the real-time performance of Ethernet for plant automation (EPA)

we propose an EPA-FRT scheme. The minimum macrocycle of EPA networks is reduced by redefining the EPA network frame format

and the synchronization process is modified to acquire higher accuracy. A multi-segmented topology with a scheduling scheme is introduced to increase effective bandwidth utilization and reduce protocol overheads

and thus to shorten the communication cycle significantly. Performance analysis and practical tests on a prototype system show the effectiveness of the proposed scheme

which achieves the best performance at small periodic payload in large scale systems.

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