Software-defined Networking for Real-time Ethernet

Jia Lei Du, Matthias Herlich

2016

Abstract

Real-time Ethernet is used in many industrial and embedded systems, but has so far mostly been statically configured. However, in the future these network configurations will be required to change dynamically, for example for highly flexible production lines or even software upgrades in modern cars that add new features which require changes to the in-vehicle network. Software-defined networking (SDN) is already increasingly used to dynamically configure non-real-time networks. In this paper we explore the idea of a software-defined real-time Ethernet. We analyze the features of current real-time Ethernet protocols, the applicability of SDN and give an overview of potential advantages of software-defined networking for real-time communication which can enable features not achievable using current solutions. In the future this development will likely lead to more flexible, efficient and robust real-time networks.

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in Harvard Style

Du J. and Herlich M. (2016). Software-defined Networking for Real-time Ethernet . In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO, ISBN 978-989-758-198-4, pages 584-589. DOI: 10.5220/0005996605840589


in Bibtex Style

@conference{icinco16,
author={Jia Lei Du and Matthias Herlich},
title={Software-defined Networking for Real-time Ethernet},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO,},
year={2016},
pages={584-589},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005996605840589},
isbn={978-989-758-198-4},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO,
TI - Software-defined Networking for Real-time Ethernet
SN - 978-989-758-198-4
AU - Du J.
AU - Herlich M.
PY - 2016
SP - 584
EP - 589
DO - 10.5220/0005996605840589