A Real Time Network Communication Interface: Implementation and Performance Evaluation

Abstract

The architecture and the performance of a network interconnecting interfaces are of great importance. Indeed, the majority of these interfaces function have time-critical constraints that must be considered when designing such a network. Performance can be evaluated in different ways using parameters measurement: end to end delay, time of request-response protocols, data losing or network throughput etc. In case of industrial environments time is a critical parameter, and the performance can be assessed in terms of estimated time of the request-response services.