Synchronization quality of IEEE 802.1AS in large-scale industrial automation networks

Proceedings of the IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium, RTAS

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 273-282

  Gutiérrez, Marina ^a   Steiner, Wilfried ^a   Dobrin, Radu ^b   Punnekkat, Sasikumar ^b  

^a TTTech North America   (Austria)

^b MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CLOCKS; REAL TIME CONTROL;

CLOCK SYNCHRONIZATION; INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION; INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION APPLICATIONS; INDUSTRIAL NETWORKS; LARGE-SCALE NETWORK; PROTOCOL BEHAVIOR; TIME SYNCHRONIZATION PRECISION; TIME-TRIGGERED COMMUNICATIONS;

SYNCHRONIZATION;

EID: 85021821793     PISSN: 15453421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RTAS.2017.10     Document Type: Conference Paper

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