19Ethernet POWERLINK

Federico Tramarin

Bern University of Applied Sciences

Stefano Vitturi

Bern University of Applied Sciences

  1. 19.1 Introduction

  2. 19.2 Ethernet POWERLINK Protocol

    1. Low Layers Specifications

    2. Application Layer

    3. Network Operation

    4. Encapsulation of EPL Frames

  3. 19.3 Ethernet POWERLINK Topologies

  4. 19.4 Ethernet POWERLINK Redundancy

    1. Medium Redundancy

    2. Managing Node Redundancy

  5. 19.5 Ring Redundancy

    1. OpenSAFETY Protocol

    2. Basic Performance Analysis

  6. References

19.1 Introduction

Ethernet POWERLINK (EPL) represents a prominent example of real-time Ethernet (RTE) communication networks. It belongs to the IEC 61784 International Standard [1], where it is referred to as the Communication Profile (CP) #1 within the CP Family #13.

EPL was originally ...

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