Performance Evaluation of Control Networks: Ethernet, ControlNet, and DeviceNet

IEEE Control Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 66-83

  Lian, Feng Li ^a   Moyne, James R ^a   Tilbury, Dawn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CARRIER SENSE MULTIPLE ACCESS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PERFORMANCE; SENSORS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

CONTROLLER AREA NETWORK; CONTROLNET; DEVICENET; ETHERNET; NETWORKED CONTROL SYSTEMS; TOKEN PASSING BUS;

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

EID: 0034836987     PISSN: 1066033X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/37.898793     Document Type: Article

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