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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2003
Applicants:
Sivaram Balasubramanian, Solon, OH (US);
Kendal R. Harris, Mentor, OH (US);
Anatoly Moldovansky, Pepper Pike, OH (US);
Inventors:
Sivaram Balasubramanian, Solon, OH (US);
Kendal R. Harris, Mentor, OH (US);
Anatoly Moldovansky, Pepper Pike, OH (US);
Assignee:
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/43 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A transmission schedule is overlaid on the Ethernet protocol to allow use of this readily available high speed protocol for transmission of I/O data communicated in an industrial control environment and requiring a high degree of determinism. Scheduling improves load leveling and bandwidth utilization and by producing a more consistent delay may be teamed with time synchronization to produce more accurate clock synchronization.