Design, implementation, and performance analysis of the WorldFIP/ATM local bridge

Authors

TUNCAY AYDOĞAN
İBRAHİM ÖZÇELİK
AKİF KUTLU
HÜSEYİN EKİZ

DOI

10.3906/elk-1010-879

Abstract

World factory instrumentation protocol (WorldFIP) is a fieldbus network protocol that provides a link between level zero (sensors/actuators) and level one (field controllers such as programmable logic controllers, etc.) in industrial automation systems. Accessing and connecting the WorldFIP remotely is important for monitoring, maintaining, and controlling devices in a factory in which asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) is used as a backbone network. In this study, a transparent WorldFIP/ATM bridge was designed and implemented in order to access devices on WorldFIP via an ATM network. This designed bridge may also provide control of the devices over wide area networks. The bridge's performance was investigated using network simulation software under various message traffic conditions. The results obtained from the simulations showed that the bridge provides real-time communications between WorldFIP and ATM.

Keywords

WorldFIP, ATM, bridge, industrial communications, fieldbuses

First Page

425

Last Page

438

Recommended Citation

AYDOĞAN, TUNCAY; ÖZÇELİK, İBRAHİM; KUTLU, AKİF; and EKİZ, HÜSEYİN (2012) "Design, implementation, and performance analysis of the WorldFIP/ATM local bridge," Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences: Vol. 20: No. 3, Article 12. https://doi.org/10.3906/elk-1010-879
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/elektrik/vol20/iss3/12