Medium access control: Multicycles Protocol for Hospital Automation over multicast with IEEE 802.3

This paper presents a multicycles protocol for hospital automation (MP-HA) that works over multicast addressing and use a master-slave architecture. The protocol creates a segmented logical network based on multicast addressing associated to hospital beds. The objective of MP-HA is to ensure the det...

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Published in:	2008 34th Annual Conference of IEEE Industrial Electronics pp. 1493 - 1498
Main Authors:	de M. Valentim, R.A., Morais, A.H.F., de A. Junior, H.B., Xavier, M.A., Bezerra, H.U., de Souza, V.S.V., de P. Amorim, L.G., Guerreiro, A.M.G., Brandao, G.B., Paz de Araujo, C.A.
Format:	Conference Proceeding
Language:	English
Published:	IEEE 01-11-2008
Subjects:	Access protocols Automation Costs Ethernet networks Hospitals Master-slave Media Access Protocol Multicast protocols Springs Switches
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