Mr. Marzio Pozzuoli
President, RuggedCom Inc.
| Organizer: IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Society / IEEE
Communications Society |
| Title: Industrial Ethernet - Issues And
Requirements |
| Speaker: Mr. Marzio Pozzuoli President, RuggedCom Inc. |
| Abstract: The proliferation of Ethernet networks from the back-office to industrial environments has given birth to the term "Industrial Ethernet". Every major manufacturer of industrial automation equipment now offers a complete range of devices with built-in Ethernet connectivity coupled with revamped communications protocols designed to work over Ethernet at the physical and data link layers. The use of Ethernet network technology on the plant floor for process control and in electric utility substations for real-time protection and control applications has required that "Office Ethernet" transform itself and address the issues and requirements of "Industrial Ethernet". This presentation examines the following: - The historical emergence of "Industrial Ethernet", - Facts and myths about modern Ethernet Switches - The key issues and requirements for Ethernet in harsh industrial environments (studies performed by EPRI and Rockwell), - The emergence of new standards introduced by the IEC and IEEE to specifically address environmental requirements, - The key issues and requirements for deterministic network performance, - Fault tolerant network architectures - An overview and comparison of newly issued and emerging "Industrial Ethernet" protocols. |
| Biography: Marzio Pozzuoli is the founder and president of RuggedCom Inc. which designs and manufactures industrially hardened networking equipment for harsh environments. Prior to founding RuggedCom Mr. Pozzuoli was the Technology Manager for GE Power Management in Markham, Ontario (1994 - 2001) where he developed protective relaying systems and substation automation technology. Mr. Pozzuoli graduated from Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, Toronto, Ontario in 1986 with a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering Technology. He holds multiple patents related to advances in communications and automation technology. He is also an active member of the IEEE and is involved standards work as a member of the Substations Committee task force (C2TF1) working on developing a standard for communications networking devices in substations. |
| Time and Location: Wednesday, January 29th, 2003, at 6:30 p.m. Refreshments at 6:00 p.m. Galbraith Building, Room GB 248 Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering University of Toronto, 35 St. George St. CONTACTS: IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Society (Toronto Section): Chair: Dennis Cecic, P.Eng. E-mail: d.cecic@ieee.org IEEE Communications Society (Toronto Section): Chair: Steve Hranilovic, M.A.Sc., Ph.D. E-mail: hranilovic@ieee.org |
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