9:00 - 9:15

Welcome Address
Eduardo Tovar

9:15 - 10:15

Session 1: Paradigms for Control Networks
Chair: Luís Miguel Pinho
Rapporteur: Paulo Pedreiras

Session Format:

4 presentations of 15 minutes each.
Author of paper 1 starts by introducing a vision. Then, authors of papers 2 and 3 will have 15 minutes each to give a more traditional view of the traditional networks. Finally, there will be a talk of 15 minutes, based on papers 4 and 5, presenting an approach to bridge the two worlds. 

Session Position Papers:

1

A Virtual Global Bus Active Messaging Protocol for Sensor Webs
D. Andrews, J. Evans
University of Kansas, USA

2

Timing-Independent Safety on Top of CAN
G. Lima, A. Burns
University of York, United Kingdom

3

Byzantine Fault Containment in TTP/C
G. Bauer, H. Kopetz, W. Steiner
Vienna University of Technology, Austria

4

Internet - Technologies that are Missing
P. Fiedler, P. Cach
Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic

5

Ethernet Interface in Application - a case study
P. Cach, P. Fiedler
Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic

10:15 - 10:45

Session 2: Which future for traditional control networks?
Chair: Peter Altenbernd
Rapporteur: Luís Almeida

Session Format:

Panel discussion of 30 minutes, involving all the audience and particularly authors of papers of session 1.
Authors of papers 2 and 3 to start the "hostilities".

10:45 - 11:15

Coffee Break

11:15 - 11:45

Session 3: An Emerging Control Network: Switched-Ethernet
Chair: Yeqiong Song
Rapporteur: Gunther Bauer

Session Format:

3 presentations of 10 minutes each.
Author of paper 6 gives an overview. Then, author of paper 7 addresses specifically Ethernet/IP while author of paper 8 gives a talk focusing on IDA.

Session Position Papers:

6

Real-Time with Ethernet
R. Messerschimdt
Otto-v.-Guericke-Universität, Magdeburg, Germany

7

Utilization of Modern Switching Technology in EtherNet/IP™ Networks
A. Moldovansky
Rockwell Automation, USA

8

Ethernet based Realtime LAN for Automation Applications
M. Buchwitz
Jetter AG, Germany

11:45 - 12:15

Session 4: An Emerging Control Network: Shared-Ethernet?
Chair: Anatoly Moldovansky
Rapporteur: George Lima

Session Format:

3 presentations of 10 minutes each.
Author of paper 9 addresses a probabilistic approach for providing RT behaviour. Then, author of paper 10 suggest the use of a token-passing procedure on top of shared-Ethernet, while author of paper 11 will talk of providing time triggered mechanisms to Ethernet-based networks.

Session Position Papers:

9

Fuzzy Traffic Smoothing: another step towards Statistical Real-Time Communication over Ethernet Networks
R. Caponetto, L. Lo Bello, O. Mirabella
Università di Catania, Italy

10

A Multipoint Communication Protocol based on Ethernet for Analyzable Distributed Real-Time Applications
J. Martinez, M. Harbour, J. Gutierrez
University of Cantabria, Spain

11

Flexibility, Timeliness and Efficiency in Ethernet
P. Pedreiras, L. Almeida
University of Aveiro, Portugal

12:15 - 12:45

Session 5: Why Moving to Switched-Ethernet?
Chair: Eric Rondeau
Rapporteur: Berta Batista

Session Format:

Panel discussion of 30 minutes, involving all the audience and particularly authors of papers of session 3 and session 4.
Authors of papers in session 4 to start the "hostilities".

12:45 - 14:30

Lunch
We have booked in the Restaurant Wieden Bräu. Participants are free to choose alternative place.

14:30 - 15:30

Session 6: Supporting Real-time Applications with Ethernet
Chair: Lucia Lo Bello
Rapporteur: Ferdy Hanssen

Session Format:

4 presentations of 10 minutes, each one followed by 5 minutes for discussion.

Session Position Papers:

12

SBM protocol for providing real-time QoS in Ethernet LANs
A. Koubaa, A. Jarraya, Y.-Q. Song
LORIA, France

13

Deadline First Scheduling in Switched Real-Time Ethernet - Deadline Partitioning Issues and Software Implementation Experiments
H. Hoang, M. Jonsson, A. Larsson, R. Olsson, C. Bergenhem
Halmstad University, Sweden

14

Designing, Modelling and Evaluating of Switched Ethernet Networks in Factory Communication Systems
N. Krommenacker, J.P. Georges, E. Rondeau, T. Divoux
CRAN-CNRS, France

15

Real Time on Ethernet using off-the-shelf Hardware
J. Loeser, H. Hartig
TU Dresden, Germany

15:30 - 15:45

Break

15:45 - 16:15

Session 7: Wireless Networks
Chair: J. Javier Gutierrez
Rapporteur: Anis Koubaa

Session Format:

2 presentations of 10 minutes, each one followed by 5 minutes for discussion.

Session Position Papers:

16

Bluetooth - One of the best WPAN solutions for bridging PAN and wider networks?
T. Dulai, A. H. Medve
University of Veszprém, Hungary

17

An Experimental Testbed for Using WLANs in Real-Time Applications
T. Lunheim, A. Skavhaug
NTNU, Trondheim, Norway

16:15 - 16:45

Coffee Break

16:45 - 17:25

Session 8: Networking Support of Streamed-data Applications
Chair: Mikael Sjödin
Rapporteur: Berta Batista

Session Format:

4 presentations of 10 minutes each. Firstly a talk covering real-time issues in distributed multimedia applications based on papers 18 and 19. Then a presentation of peer-to-peer networking aspects (paper 20). Then a talk on ATM-based infrastructures. Finally a talk about novel approach for routing IP packets.

Session Position Papers:

18

Workload Balancing in Distributed Virtual Reality Environments
M. Ditze, F. Pacheco, B. Batista, E. Tovar, P. Altenbernd
C-Lab, Germany; Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Portugal

19

Common Issues in Real-Time and Media Processing
P. Altenbernd, M. Ditze
C-Lab, Germany

20

Distributed Video-on-demand Services on Peer-to-Peer Basis
C. Loeser
C-Lab, Germany

21

Dynamic Real-Time Bandwidth Sharing Algorithm for Broadband Multimedia Communication Systems
Y. Atif
United Arab Emirates University, UAE

22

Synchronous Time Division Internet for Time-Critical Communication Services
T. Yakoh
Keio University, Japan

17:25 - 17:45

Session 9: Communication Infrastructure for Distributed Streamed-Data
Chair: David Andrews
Rapporteur: Trygve Lunheim

Session Format:

Panel discussion of 20 minutes, involving all the audience and particularly authors of papers of session 8.
Author of paper 22 to start the "hostilities": do we need to modify the existent routing technology?

17:45 - 18:30

Session 10: Converging Infrastructure Combining PANs/LANs/MANs/WANs
Chair: Ole Brun Madsen
Rapporteur: Michael Ditze

Session Format:

This session will consist of presentation of paper 23 (15 minutes) followed by a panel discussion involving all the audience on the topic: will it be possible to have a converging global infrastructure combining PANs/LANs/MANs/WANs?

Session Position Papers:

23

Convergence
O. B. Madsen, J. Dalsgaard, H. Schiøler
Aalborg University, Denmark

20:00

Dinner
Arrangements for a dinner will be provided. However participants are free to choose alternative place.