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Multi-Node Fault-Tolerant Two-Cell Real-Time S2A Network
Electronics and Communications Engineering Department, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo, Egypt
Electronics and Communications Engineering Department, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo, Egypt
Electronics and Communications Engineering Department, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo, Egypt
Electronics and Communications Engineering Department, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo, Egypt
Electronics and Communications Engineering Department, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo, Egypt
Electronics and Communications Engineering Department, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo, Egypt
Electronics and Communications Engineering Department, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo, Egypt
Electronics and Communications Engineering Department, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo, Egypt
Electronics and Communications Engineering Department, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo, Egypt
Electronics and Communications Engineering Department, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
- 1 Electronics and Communications Engineering Department, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo, Egypt
- 2 Electronics and Communications Engineering Department, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo, Egypt
- 3 Electronics and Communications Engineering Department, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo, Egypt
- 4 Electronics and Communications Engineering Department, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo, Egypt
- 5 Electronics and Communications Engineering Department, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo, Egypt
- 6 Electronics and Communications Engineering Department, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo, Egypt
- 7 Electronics and Communications Engineering Department, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo, Egypt
- 8 Electronics and Communications Engineering Department, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo, Egypt
- 9 Electronics and Communications Engineering Department, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo, Egypt
- 10 Electronics and Communications Engineering Department, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
Intelligent Control and Automation·Volume 07 (2016)·Pages 25–38·Published 3 May 2016·DOI10.4236/ica.2016.72004
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Abstract
This paper presents a novel fault-tolerant networked control system architecture consisting of two cells working in-line. This architecture is fault-tolerant at the level of the controllers as well as the sensors. Each cell is based on the sensor-to-actuator approach and has an additional supervisor node. It is proven, via analysis as well as OMNeT++ simulations that the production line succeeds in meeting all control system requirements with no dropped or over-delayed packets. A reliability analysis is then undertaken to quantitatively estimate the increase in reliability due to the introduction of fault-tolerance.
KeywordsFault-ToleranceNCSS2AIn-LineTMREthernetOMNeT++Reliability
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