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Boosting the Robustness of Controller Area Networks: CANcentrate and ReCANcentrate
May 2009 (vol. 42 no. 5)
pp. 66-73
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Manuel Barranco, Julián Proenza, Luís Almeida, "Boosting the Robustness of Controller Area Networks: CANcentrate and ReCANcentrate," Computer, vol. 42, no. 5, pp. 66-73, May, 2009.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/MC.2009.145,
author = {Manuel Barranco and Julián Proenza and Luís Almeida},
title = {Boosting the Robustness of Controller Area Networks: CANcentrate and ReCANcentrate},
journal ={Computer},
volume = {42},
number = {5},
issn = {0018-9162},
year = {2009},
pages = {66-73},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MC.2009.145},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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JO - Computer
TI - Boosting the Robustness of Controller Area Networks: CANcentrate and ReCANcentrate
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KW - Error checking
KW - Network topology
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KW - Real-time distributed systems
KW - CAN protocol
KW - Systems engineering
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JA - Computer
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Manuel Barranco, University of the Balearic Islands
Julián Proenza, University of the Balearic Islands
Luís Almeida, University of Porto
Two proposed star architectures for systems based on the Controller Area Network (CAN) protocol aim to improve CAN's error containment and fault tolerance for general distributed embedded systems and safety-critical applications.

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Index Terms:
Error checking, Network topology, Controller area networks, Buses, Embedded systems, Real-time distributed systems, CAN protocol, Systems engineering
Citation:
Manuel Barranco, Julián Proenza, Luís Almeida, "Boosting the Robustness of Controller Area Networks: CANcentrate and ReCANcentrate," Computer, vol. 42, no. 5, pp. 66-73, May 2009, doi:10.1109/MC.2009.145
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