Method and gateway for extending EtherCAT network
AssigneeFoundation of Soongsil University-Industry Cooperation
InventorsMyungsik Yoo, Sang Yoon Lee, Won Hee Lee
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Abstract
A method and a gateway for extending a network are disclosed. A method by which a gateway extends an EtherCAT network to a wireless network according to an embodiment of the invention includes: receiving first data from the EtherCAT network and converting the first data by a protocol conversion to second data suitable for the wireless network, and transmitting the converted second data to the wireless network, where the transmitting of the converted second data may include reducing the difference in communication speed between the EtherCAT network and the wireless network by using an internal buffer.
Claims6
A method by which a gateway extends an EtherCAT network to a wireless network, the method comprising:
- converting first data by a protocol conversion to second data suitable for the wireless network, the first data received from the EtherCAT network;
- and
- transmitting the converted second data to the wireless network,
- wherein the transmitting of the converted second data comprises reducing a difference in communication speed between the EtherCAT network and the wireless network by using an internal buffer.
A gateway for extending an EtherCAT network to a wireless network, the gateway comprising:
- a protocol conversion unit configured to convert first data by a protocol conversion to second data suitable for the wireless network, the first data received from the EtherCAT network;
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- a data transmission unit configured to transmit the converted second data to the wireless network,
- wherein the data transmission unit reduces a difference in communication speed between the EtherCAT network and the wireless network by using an internal buffer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.