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Front. Inform. Technol. Electron. Eng.  2013, Vol. 14 Issue (6): 433-448    DOI: 10.1631/jzus.C1200363
    
Improving the real-time performance of Ethernet for plant automation (EPA) based industrial networks
Li Lu, Dong-qin Feng, Jian Chu
Institute of Cyber-Systems and Control, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China; State Key Laboratory of Industrial Control Technology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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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.

Key wordsEthernet for plant automation (EPA)      Fast real-time (FRT) system      Real-time Ethernet (RTE)      Scheduling scheme     
Received: 19 December 2012      Published: 04 June 2013
CLC:  TP293  
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Li Lu, Dong-qin Feng, Jian Chu. Improving the real-time performance of Ethernet for plant automation (EPA) based industrial networks. Front. Inform. Technol. Electron. Eng., 2013, 14(6): 433-448.

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

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.

关键词: Ethernet for plant automation (EPA),  Fast real-time (FRT) system,  Real-time Ethernet (RTE),  Scheduling scheme 
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