Concurrent Deterministic Execution Semantics for IEC 61499-Based OT–IT Convergence Industrial Edge Applications

Industrial edge computing provides new possibilities for traditional industrial automation systems. With massive computing, storage, and communication resources equipped with devices on the shop floor, a typical edge device can simultaneously handle multiple real-time and non-real-time tasks. Also,...

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Main Authors: Wenbin Dai, Shang Gao, Kaiyun Qin, Chuanyang Yu, Dongdong Zhang, Likuan Zhang, Hui Zhang
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Published: IEEE 2025-01-01
Series:IEEE Open Journal of the Industrial Electronics Society
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11030848/
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Shang Gao
Kaiyun Qin
Chuanyang Yu
Dongdong Zhang
Likuan Zhang
Hui Zhang
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Dongdong Zhang
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Hui Zhang
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description Industrial edge computing provides new possibilities for traditional industrial automation systems. With massive computing, storage, and communication resources equipped with devices on the shop floor, a typical edge device can simultaneously handle multiple real-time and non-real-time tasks. Also, those tasks may include operation technologies, such as real-time control, and information technologies, such as data processing. Using a generic modeling language to design those new industrial edge applications becomes a challenge for site engineers. This paper proposes the IEC 61499 standard for operation and information technology convergence for industrial edge applications. The concurrent execution semantics of IEC 61499 function blocks are defined to support multiple applications simultaneously. The event scheduling rules are investigated to ensure the determinism of parallel executions of function block networks. Finally, a case study is provided for the performance analysis of the proposed concurrent execution semantics.
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spelling doaj-art-961ef697cdf847e09dde3562eb014a1e2025-08-20T03:32:41ZengIEEEIEEE Open Journal of the Industrial Electronics Society2644-12842025-01-01698299310.1109/OJIES.2025.357886111030848Concurrent Deterministic Execution Semantics for IEC 61499-Based OT–IT Convergence Industrial Edge ApplicationsWenbin Dai0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6569-5868Shang Gao1https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1167-0766Kaiyun Qin2Chuanyang Yu3Dongdong Zhang4Likuan Zhang5Hui Zhang6Department of Automation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, ChinaDepartment of Automation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, ChinaShanghai Baosight Software Comapny Ltd., Shanghai, ChinaBeijing Urban Construction Intelligent Control Company Ltd., Beijing, ChinaBeijing Urban Construction Intelligent Control Company Ltd., Beijing, ChinaBeijing Urban Construction Intelligent Control Company Ltd., Beijing, ChinaBeijing Urban Construction Intelligent Control Company Ltd., Beijing, ChinaIndustrial edge computing provides new possibilities for traditional industrial automation systems. With massive computing, storage, and communication resources equipped with devices on the shop floor, a typical edge device can simultaneously handle multiple real-time and non-real-time tasks. Also, those tasks may include operation technologies, such as real-time control, and information technologies, such as data processing. Using a generic modeling language to design those new industrial edge applications becomes a challenge for site engineers. This paper proposes the IEC 61499 standard for operation and information technology convergence for industrial edge applications. The concurrent execution semantics of IEC 61499 function blocks are defined to support multiple applications simultaneously. The event scheduling rules are investigated to ensure the determinism of parallel executions of function block networks. Finally, a case study is provided for the performance analysis of the proposed concurrent execution semantics.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11030848/IEC 61499 function blocksindustrial edge computingOT-IT convergence
spellingShingle Wenbin Dai
Shang Gao
Kaiyun Qin
Chuanyang Yu
Dongdong Zhang
Likuan Zhang
Hui Zhang
Concurrent Deterministic Execution Semantics for IEC 61499-Based OT–IT Convergence Industrial Edge Applications
IEEE Open Journal of the Industrial Electronics Society
IEC 61499 function blocks
industrial edge computing
OT-IT convergence
title Concurrent Deterministic Execution Semantics for IEC 61499-Based OT–IT Convergence Industrial Edge Applications
title_full Concurrent Deterministic Execution Semantics for IEC 61499-Based OT–IT Convergence Industrial Edge Applications
title_fullStr Concurrent Deterministic Execution Semantics for IEC 61499-Based OT–IT Convergence Industrial Edge Applications
title_full_unstemmed Concurrent Deterministic Execution Semantics for IEC 61499-Based OT–IT Convergence Industrial Edge Applications
title_short Concurrent Deterministic Execution Semantics for IEC 61499-Based OT–IT Convergence Industrial Edge Applications
title_sort concurrent deterministic execution semantics for iec 61499 based ot x2013 it convergence industrial edge applications
topic IEC 61499 function blocks
industrial edge computing
OT-IT convergence
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11030848/
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