Performance analysis of switched EtherCAT networks

Proceedings of the 15th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Cena, Gianluca ^a   Scanzio, Stefano ^a   Valenzano, Adriano ^a   Zunino, Claudio ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION SYSTEMS; COMMUNICATION EFFICIENCY; CYCLE TIME; NETWORK EXTENSIONS; NETWORK SIZE; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; PROCESS DATA; REAL-TIME ETHERNET NETWORKS; RING TOPOLOGY;

FACTORY AUTOMATION; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS;

SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

EID: 78650559004     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ETFA.2010.5641186     Document Type: Conference Paper

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