SMART-plan: A new message scheduler for real-time control networks

Margaret Naughton, Donal Heffernan

Research output: Contribution to journalConference articlepeer-review

Abstract

The CAN (Controller Area Network) is an established automotive control network. CAN is used in many applications outside of the automotive domain, in particular in the industrial automation space. CAN is used in real-time applications, but the scheduling of messages on CAN is not fully deterministic. In recent years a session layer has been developed for CAN so that a 'time-triggered' scheduling approach could be applied to the protocol. The time-triggered solution is referred to as TTCAN (Time-triggered CAN). TTCAN supports a simple, time-based, static message schedule where each message has a precise transmit or receive time based on a global network clock. This paper outlines the development of a new tool that automatically generates the schedule for a set of messages running on TTCAN.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)302-307
Number of pages6
JournalIEE Conference Publication
Issue numberCP 511
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2005
EventIEE Irish Signals and Systems Conference - Dublin, Ireland
Duration: 1 Sep 20052 Sep 2005

Keywords

  • Real-time
  • Scheduling
  • TTCAN
  • Time-triggered

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'SMART-plan: A new message scheduler for real-time control networks'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this