Analysis of ethernet powerlink wireless extensions based on the IEEE 802.11 WLAN

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 86-98

  Seno, Lucia ^a,b   Vitturi, Stefano ^a,b   Zunino, Claudio ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ethernet powerlink; Hybrid (wired wireless) networks; Industrial communication systems

Indexed keywords

ETHERNET POWERLINK; FACTORY AUTOMATION SYSTEMS; GATEWAY DEVICES; HYBRID (WIRED/WIRELESS) NETWORKS; HYBRID NETWORK; IEEE802.11 WLAN; INDUSTRIAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL COMMUNICATIONS; NETWORK CONFIGURATION; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PERFORMANCE INDICES; REAL-TIME ETHERNET NETWORKS; WIRED NETWORKS; WIRELESS SYSTEMS;

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ETHERNET; FACTORY AUTOMATION; HYBRID SYSTEMS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; STANDARDS; TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

GATEWAYS (COMPUTER NETWORKS);

EID: 67349132442     PISSN: 15513203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TII.2009.2019727     Document Type: Article

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