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A performance analysis of EtherCAT and PROFINET IRT
Abstract
Ethernet is emerging as the preferred industrial communication platform upon which a multitude of protocols and solutions specially targeted at industrial communication requirements have been developed. This paper concentrates on a set of protocols popularly referred to as the Real-time Ethernet protocols and analyses two key technologies, namely PROFINET IRT and EtherCAT. The real-time performance characteristics of PROFINET IRT and EtherCAT is compared by looking into what factors affect their performance in a set of realistic scenarios. The goal is to provide a scientifically solid study on this subject where many presentations are seriously flawed by basic mistakes, misunderstandings or biased views. The detailed analysis presented here shows that EtherCAT has a performance advantage over PROFINET IRT and the reasons for this are discussed.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Prytz, G.
- Venue
- 2008 IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation
- Publisher
- IEEE
- Published
- 2008-09
- Pages
- 408-415
- OpenAlex
- W2148620707
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- 179
- References
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- FWCI
- 5.41
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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