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First IEEE Real-Time Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS'95)
Real-time communication in FieldBus multiaccess networks
Chicago, Illinois
May 15-May 17
ISBN: 0-8186-6980-2
Ching-Chih Han, Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA
K.G. Shin, Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA
There has been an increasing need of timely and predictable communication services for embedded real-time systems in automated factories and industrial process controls. Work has been done on real-time communication with deadline guarantees in point-to-point, token bus/token ring/FDDI, and DQDB (Distributed Queue Dual Bus) networks. However, due to the random access nature of the CSMA/CD type multiaccess networks, they are not suitable for applications with stringent timing constraints. We consider real-time communication services with absolute deadline guarantees in multiaccess local area networks equipped with a centralized scheduler, such as the SP-50 FieldBus, an industrial standard protocol for process control and manufacturing applications. Similar to most token-passing networks, in a centralized scheduling multiaccess network, the access to the bus is controlled by a token. Only the station currently holding the token has the exclusive right to use the multiaccess bus. Unlike the token bus, token ring, or FDDI network, the multiaccess network uses a centralized token scheduling scheme and the token need not be allocated to the stations in a cyclic fashion. We show that the pinwheel and the distance-constrained scheduling techniques can be adapted to schedule the token in centralized-scheduling multiaccess networks to guarantee message deadlines.
Index Terms:
field buses; local area networks; real-time systems; computer integrated manufacturing; protocols; scheduling; multi-access systems; token networks; real-time communication; FieldBus multiaccess networks; embedded real-time systems; automated factories; industrial process controls; random access; CSMA/CD; multiaccess networks; timing constraints; absolute deadline guarantees; multiaccess local area networks; SP-50 FieldBus; industrial standard protocol; manufacturing applications; token-passing networks; centralized scheduling multiaccess network; centralized token scheduling; pinwheel; distance-constrained scheduling; centralized-scheduling multiaccess networks; message deadlines
Citation:
Ching-Chih Han, K.G. Shin, "Real-time communication in FieldBus multiaccess networks," rtas, pp.86, First IEEE Real-Time Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS'95), 1995
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