Prof. Lucia Lo Bello, PhD

Publication type:  Conference Proceeding

Authors: G. Patti, L. Lo Bello, G. Alderisi, O. Mirabella

Conference: IEEE 18th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA)

Address: Cagliari, Italy

Date: Sept. 2013

Abstract:
EtherCAT is a real-time Ethernet protocol for factory automation applications that enables periodic data exchange with cycle times of few microseconds thanks to the capability to process frames “on-the-fly”. EtherCAT does not provide efficient mechanisms for enabling the transmission of asynchronous real-time data from slave nodes. This paper proposes an EDF-based Swapping Approach that allows slaves to send real-time asynchronous traffic over EtherCAT networks in an efficient way, while maintaining the interoperability with standard devices. The paper describes the EDF-based Swapping Approach and presents a comparative performance evaluation with both the EtherCAT standard and another approach in the literature that exploits CAN-Like arbitration.

Keywords: EtherCAT; Real-time Ethernet; Industrial Networks;

Publisher: IEEE

DOI:  10.1109/ETFA.2013.6647953

URL:  http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=6647953

Status: published

Cite as:
 G. Patti, L. Lo Bello, G. Alderisi, O. Mirabella, "An EDF-based Swapping Approach to Enhance Support for Asynchronous Real-Time Traffic over EtherCAT networks", IEEE 18th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), Cagliari, Italy, Sept. 2013

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