Wireless Extension of Profibus Network Using IEEE 802.0111 and Its Performance Evaluation

IEEE 802.11을 이용한 Profibus 네트워크의 무선 확장 및 성능 평가

  • Lee, Kyung-Chang (Dept. of Intelligent Mechanical Engineering, Busan National University) ;
  • Kang, Song (Dept. of Intelligent Mechanical Engineering, Busan National University) ;
  • Lee, Suk (Mechanical Technology Research Center, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Busan National University) ;
  • Lee, Man-Hyung (Mechanical Technology Research Center, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Busan National University)
  • 이경창 (부산대학교 지능기계공학과) ;
  • 강송 (부산대학교 지능기계공학과) ;
  • 이석 (부산대학교 기계공학부 및 기계기술연구소) ;
  • 이만형 (부산대학교 기계공학부 및 기계기술연구소)
  • Published : 2001.04.01

Abstract

This paper focuses on a method to connect mobile devices such as mobile robot. Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) and Unmanned Container Transporter(UCT) to a fieldbus. In this paper, the IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN is used to extend a Profibus network for the mobile devices. In order to integrate these two networks, a gateway is developed using two threads and an internal buffer. Furthermore, a polling algorithm is applied at the gateway in order to satisfy real-time requirements on data communication, Finally, the performance measures such as data latency and throughput are experimentally evaluated on a wirelessly-extended Profibus network. The results shows the feasibility of the wireless extension of Profilbus for various mobile device.

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