Rate-Based Traffic Control of Industrial Networks Employing LonWorks

  • Cho, Kwang-Hyun (School of Electrical Engineering and Automation University of Ulsan) ;
  • Kim, Byoung-Hee (School of Electrical Engineering and Automation University of Ulsan) ;
  • Park, Kyoung-Sup (School of Electrical Engineering and Automation University of Ulsan)
  • 발행 : 2000.07.01

초록

Industrial communication networks have attracted much attention in the area of decentralized control systems for factory automation and computer integrated manufacturing. In this paper, we investigate the rate-based traffic control of industrial communication networks employing LonWorks to improve the performance measures of throughput, fairness, and error rates. To this end, we utilize the Feedback channel information through the additional network monitoring node and make the overall system closed-loop. We demonstrate the improved performance of the controlled network system by the experimentation upon an implemented lab-scale network system.

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