EN IEC 61784-2-17:2023
(Main)Industrial networks - Profiles - Part 2-17: Additional real-time fieldbus profiles based on ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-3 - CPF 17
Industrial networks - Profiles - Part 2-17: Additional real-time fieldbus profiles based on ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-3 - CPF 17
IEC 61784-2-17:2023 defines Communication Profile Family 17 (CPF 17). CPF 17 specifies a Real-Time Ethernet (RTE) communication profile (CP) and related network components based on the IEC 61158 series (Type 21), ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-3 and other standards. For each RTE communication profile, this document also specifies the relevant RTE performance indicators and the dependencies between these RTE performance indicators. NOTE 1 All CPs are based on standards or draft standards or International Standards published by the IEC or on standards or International Standards established by other standards bodies or open standards processes. NOTE 2 The RTE communication profile uses ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-3 communication networks and its related network components and in some cases amend those standards to obtain RTE features.
Industrielle Kommunikationsnetze - Profile - Teil 2-17: Zusätzliche Feldbusprofile für Echtzeitnetzwerke basierend auf ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-3 - Kommunikationsprofilfamilie (CPF) 17
Réseaux industriels Profils Partie 2-17: Profils de bus de terrain supplémentaires pour les réseaux en temps réel fondés sur lISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-3 CPF 17
L’IEC 61784-2-17:2023 définit la famille de profils de communication 17 (CPF 17). La CPF 17 spécifie un profil de communication (CP) Ethernet en temps réel (RTE, Real-Time Ethernet) et des composants de réseau associés basés sur la série IEC 61158 (Type 21), l’ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-3 et d’autres normes. Pour chaque profil de communication RTE, le présent document spécifie également les indicateurs de performance RTE correspondants et les dépendances entre ces indicateurs de performance RTE. NOTE 1 Tous les CP sont fondés sur des normes ou projets de normes, ou des Normes internationales, publiés par l’IEC, ou bien sur des normes ou des Normes internationales établies par d’autres organismes de normalisation ou des processus de normalisation ouverts. NOTE 2 Le profil de communication RTE utilise les réseaux de communication ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-3 et leurs composants de réseau connexes et amende dans certains cas ces normes, pour obtenir les fonctions RTE
Industrijska omrežja - Profili - 2-17. del: Dodatni profili procesnih vodil v realnem času po ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-3 - CPF 17 (IEC 61784-2-17:2023)
Standard IEC 61784-2-17:2023 določa družino komunikacijskih profilov 17 (CPF 17). Družina komunikacijskih profilov 17 določa komunikacijski profil (CP) Real-Time Ethernet (RTE) in povezane omrežne komponente na osnovi skupine standardov IEC 61158 (tip 21), standarda ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-3 in drugih standardov.
Za vsak komunikacijski profil RTE ta dokument določa tudi povezane kazalnike uspešnosti RTE in odvisnosti med temi kazalniki uspešnosti RTE.
OPOMBA 1: Vsi komunikacijski profili temeljijo na standardih ali osnutkih standardov ali mednarodnih standardih, ki jih je objavila komisija IEC, oziroma na standardih ali mednarodnih standardih, ki so jih določili drugi organi za standarde ali procesi odprtih standardov.
OPOMBA 2: Komunikacijski profil RTE uporablja komunikacijska omrežja v skladu s standardom ISO/IEC 8802-3 in z njimi povezane omrežne komponente ter v nekaterih primerih za pridobitev funkcij RTE te standarde spremeni.
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Overview - EN IEC 61784-2-17:2023 (CPF 17)
EN IEC 61784-2-17:2023 defines Communication Profile Family 17 (CPF 17) - an additional set of Real‑Time Ethernet (RTE) communication profiles based on ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-3 (Ethernet) and the IEC 61158 series (Type 21). CPF 17 (also referenced as RAPIEnet in the document) specifies one or more RTE communication profiles and the related network components, including layer-specific selections (physical, data‑link and application). The standard also defines relevant RTE performance indicators (PIs) and the dependencies between those indicators to support predictable, synchronized industrial communication.
Key Topics and Requirements
- Profile definition (CPF 17 / CP 17/1):
- Specifies physical layer, data‑link layer (DLL) and application layer (AL) selections applicable to CPF 17.
- Identifies allowed combinations of DLL/AL services and protocols for interoperability.
- Performance indicators (PIs):
- Defines RTE performance indicators and a PI dependency matrix to assess deterministic behavior, latency, jitter and synchronization aspects.
- Provides guidance for selecting a consistent set of PIs (e.g., for small automation systems) and parameters used for PI calculation.
- Standards alignment and amendments:
- Uses ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-3 infrastructure and may amend related standards where necessary to achieve real‑time features.
- All communication profiles rely on existing IEC/ISO/IEEE standards or internationally recognized open standards.
- Interoperability and conformity:
- Aims to avoid divergent implementations by specifying how Ethernet-based RTE networks coexist with standard Ethernet while adding determinism and synchronization.
Applications and Who Uses This Standard
- Manufacturers of industrial automation equipment implementing RTE solutions (controllers, I/O modules, switches).
- System integrators and OEMs who need deterministic Ethernet profiles for process control, factory automation and multi‑layer applications.
- Network architects and test labs evaluating RTE performance (latency, synchronization) and verifying compliance with CPF 17 profile sets.
- Typical applications include time‑sensitive communications for motion control, distributed I/O, and real‑time process control where Ethernet interoperability and predictable timing are essential.
Related Standards
- IEC 61158 series (Fieldbus specifications - Type 21)
- IEC 61784-1 (Communication Profile Families - general)
- ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-3 (Ethernet)
- IEEE Std 802.1AS (Timing & synchronization), IEEE Std 802.1Q (bridges), IEEE Std 802.1AB (LLDP)
- IETF RFCs (IP, UDP, TCP where referenced)
EN IEC 61784-2-17:2023 is a technical resource for defining interoperable, deterministic Real‑Time Ethernet profiles (CPF 17) and for selecting and measuring the performance attributes needed in industrial network deployments.
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-november-2023
Industrijska omrežja - Profili - 2-17. del: Dodatni profili procesnih vodil v realnem
času po ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-3 - CPF 17 (IEC 61784-2-17:2023)
Industrial networks - Profiles - Part 2-17: Additional real-time fieldbus profiles based on
ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-3 - CPF 17 (IEC 61784-2-17:2023)
Industrielle Kommunikationsnetze - Profile - Teil 2-17: Zusätzliche Feldbusprofile für
Echtzeitnetzwerke basierend auf ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-3 - Kommunikationsprofilfamilie
(CPF) 17 (IEC 61784-2-17:2023)
Réseaux industriels Profils Partie 2-17: Profils de bus de terrain supplémentaires pour
les réseaux en temps réel fondés sur lISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-3 CPF 17 (IEC 61784-2-
17:2023)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 61784-2-17:2023
ICS:
25.040.40 Merjenje in krmiljenje Industrial process
industrijskih postopkov measurement and control
35.100.05 Večslojne uporabniške Multilayer applications
rešitve
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 61784-2-17
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM June 2023
ICS 35.100.20; 35.240.50 Supersedes EN IEC 61784-2:2019 (partially)
English Version
Industrial networks - Profiles - Part 2-17: Additional real-time
fieldbus profiles based on ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-3 - CPF 17
(IEC 61784-2-17:2023)
Réseaux industriels - Profils - Partie 2-17: Profils de bus de Industrielle Kommunikationsnetze - Profile - Teil 2-17:
terrain supplémentaires pour les réseaux en temps réel Zusätzliche Feldbusprofile für Echtzeitnetzwerke basierend
fondés sur l'ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-3 - CPF 17 auf ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-3 - Kommunikationsprofilfamilie
(IEC 61784-2-17:2023) (CPF) 17
(IEC 61784-2-17:2023)
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European foreword
The text of document 65C/1209/FDIS, future edition 1 of IEC 61784-2-17, prepared by SC 65C
"Industrial networks" of IEC/TC 65 "Industrial-process measurement, control and automation" was
submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national (dop) 2024-03-09
level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the (dow) 2026-06-09
document have to be withdrawn
This document partially supersedes EN IEC 61784-2:2019 and all of its amendments and corrigenda
(if any).
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European Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standard indicated:
IEC 61158-1 NOTE Approved as EN IEC 61158-1
IEC 61158-2 NOTE Approved as EN IEC 61158-2
IEC 61784-1 (series) NOTE Approved as EN IEC 61784-1 (series)
IEC 61784-1-0 NOTE Approved as EN IEC 61784-1-0
IEC 61784-2 (series) NOTE Approved as EN IEC 61784-2 (series)
IEC 61918 NOTE Approved as EN IEC 61918
Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments)
applies.
NOTE 1 Where an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod),
the relevant EN/HD applies.
NOTE 2 Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available
here: www.cencenelec.eu.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 61158 series Industrial communication networks - EN IEC 61158 series
Fieldbus specifications
IEC 61158-3-21 2019 Industrial communication networks - EN IEC 61158-3-21 2019
Fieldbus specifications - Part 3-21: Data-link
layer service definition - Type 21 elements
IEC 61158-4-21 2023 Industrial communication networks - EN IEC 61158-4-21 2023
Fieldbus specifications - Part 4-21: Data-link
layer protocol specification - Type 21
elements
IEC 61158-5-21 2019 Industrial communication networks - EN IEC 61158-5-21 2019
Fieldbus specifications - Part 5-21:
Application layer service definition - Type 21
elements
IEC 61158-6-21 2019 Industrial communication networks - EN IEC 61158-6-21 2019
Fieldbus specifications - Part 6-21:
Application layer protocol specification -
Type 21 elements
IEC 61784-2-0 2023 Industrial networks - Profiles - Part 2-0: EN IEC 61784-2-0 2023
Additional real-time fieldbus profiles based
on ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-3 - General concepts
and terminology
ISO/IEC/IEEE - Telecommunications and exchange between - -
8802-3 information technology systems -
Requirements for local and metropolitan
area networks - Part 3: Standard for
Ethernet
IEEE Std 802 2014 IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan - -
Area Networks: Overview and Architecture
IEEE Std 802.1AB 2016 IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan - -
area networks: Station and Media Access
Control Connectivity Discovery
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEEE Std 802.1AS 2020 IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan - -
Area Networks - Timing and Synchronization
for Time-Sensitive Applications
IEEE Std 802.1Q 2018 IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan - -
Area Networks - Bridges and Bridged
Networks
IETF RFC 768 1980 User Datagram Protocol - -
IETF RFC 791 1981 Internet Protocol - -
IETF RFC 792 1981 Internet Control Message Protocol - -
IETF RFC 793 1981 Transmission Control Protocol - -
IEC 61784-2-17 ®
Edition 1.0 2023-05
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
Industrial networks – Profiles –
Part 2-17: Additional real-time fieldbus profiles based on ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-3 –
CPF 17
Réseaux industriels – Profils –
Partie 2-17: Profils de bus de terrain supplémentaires pour les réseaux en
temps réel fondés sur l’ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-3 – CPF 17
INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
INTERNATIONALE
ICS 35.100.20; 35.240.50 ISBN 978-2-8322-6906-0
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 3
INTRODUCTION . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms, definitions, abbreviated terms, acronyms, and conventions . 7
3.1 Terms and definitions . 7
3.2 Abbreviated terms and acronyms . 7
3.3 Symbols . 8
3.4 Conventions . 8
4 CPF 17 (RAPIEnet) – RTE communication profiles . 9
4.1 General overview . 9
4.2 CP 17/1 . 9
4.2.1 Physical layer . 9
4.2.2 Datalink layer . 9
4.2.3 Application layer . 10
4.2.4 Performance indicator selection . 11
Bibliography . 16
Table 1 – CPF 17 symbols . 8
Table 2 – CPF 17: Overview of profile sets . 9
Table 3 – CP 17/1: DLL service selection . 9
Table 4 – CP 17/1: DLL protocol selection . 10
Table 5 – CP 17/1: AL service selection . 10
Table 6 – CP 17/1: AL protocol selection . 10
Table 7 – CP 17/1: PI overview . 11
Table 8 – CP 17/1: PI dependency matrix . 11
Table 9 – Consistent set of PIs small size automation system . 15
Table 10 – Parameters for Calculation of Consistent set of PIs . 15
IEC 61784-2-17:2023 © IEC 2023 – 3 –
INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
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INDUSTRIAL NETWORKS –
PROFILES –
Part 2-17: Additional real-time fieldbus profiles
based on ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-3 –
CPF 17
FOREWORD
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IEC 61784-2-17 has been prepared by subcommittee 65C: Industrial networks, of IEC
technical committee 65: Industrial-process measurement, control and automation. It is an
International Standard.
– 4 – IEC 61784-2-17:2023 © IEC 2023
This first edition, together with the other parts of the same series, cancels and replaces the
fourth edition of IEC 61784-2 published in 2019. This first edition constitutes a technical
revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to
IEC 61784-2:2019:
a) split of the original IEC 61784-2 into several subparts, one subpart for the material of a
generic nature, and one subpart for each Communication Profile Family specified in the
original document.
The text of this International Standard is based on the following documents:
Draft Report on voting
65C/1209/FDIS 65C/1237/RVD
Full information on the voting for its approval can be found in the report on voting indicated in
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The language used for the development of this International Standard is English.
This document was drafted in accordance with ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2, and developed in
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A list of all parts of the IEC 61784-2 series, published under the general title
Industrial networks – Profiles – Part 2: Additional real-time fieldbus profiles based on
ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-3, can be found on the IEC website.
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specific document. At this date, the document will be
• reconfirmed,
• withdrawn,
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.
IEC 61784-2-17:2023 © IEC 2023 – 5 –
INTRODUCTION
The IEC 61784-2 series provides additional Communication Profiles (CP) to the existing
Communication Profile Families (CPF) of the IEC 61784-1 series and additional CPFs with
one or more CPs. These profiles meet the industrial automation market objective of identifying
Real-Time Ethernet (RTE) communication networks coexisting with ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-3 –
commonly known as Ethernet. These RTE communication networks use provisions of
ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-3 for the lower communication stack layers and additionally provide more
predictable and reliable real-time data transfer and means for support of precise
synchronization of automation equipment.
More specifically, these profiles help to correctly state the compliance of RTE communication
networks with ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-3, and to avoid the spreading of divergent implementations.
Adoption of Ethernet technology for industrial communication between controllers and even
for communication with field devices promotes the use of Internet technologies in the field
area. This availability would be unacceptable if it causes the loss of features required in the
field area for industrial communication automation networks, such as:
• real-time,
• synchronized actions between field devices like drives,
• efficient, frequent exchange of very small data records.
These new RTE profiles can take advantage of the improvements of Ethernet networks in
terms of transmission bandwidth and network span.
Another implicit but essential requirement is that the typical Ethernet communication
capabilities, as used in the office world, are fully retained, so that the software involved
remains applicable.
The market is in need of several network solutions, eac
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Frequently Asked Questions
EN IEC 61784-2-17:2023 is a standard published by CLC. Its full title is "Industrial networks - Profiles - Part 2-17: Additional real-time fieldbus profiles based on ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-3 - CPF 17". This standard covers: IEC 61784-2-17:2023 defines Communication Profile Family 17 (CPF 17). CPF 17 specifies a Real-Time Ethernet (RTE) communication profile (CP) and related network components based on the IEC 61158 series (Type 21), ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-3 and other standards. For each RTE communication profile, this document also specifies the relevant RTE performance indicators and the dependencies between these RTE performance indicators. NOTE 1 All CPs are based on standards or draft standards or International Standards published by the IEC or on standards or International Standards established by other standards bodies or open standards processes. NOTE 2 The RTE communication profile uses ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-3 communication networks and its related network components and in some cases amend those standards to obtain RTE features.
IEC 61784-2-17:2023 defines Communication Profile Family 17 (CPF 17). CPF 17 specifies a Real-Time Ethernet (RTE) communication profile (CP) and related network components based on the IEC 61158 series (Type 21), ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-3 and other standards. For each RTE communication profile, this document also specifies the relevant RTE performance indicators and the dependencies between these RTE performance indicators. NOTE 1 All CPs are based on standards or draft standards or International Standards published by the IEC or on standards or International Standards established by other standards bodies or open standards processes. NOTE 2 The RTE communication profile uses ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-3 communication networks and its related network components and in some cases amend those standards to obtain RTE features.
EN IEC 61784-2-17:2023 is classified under the following ICS (International Classification for Standards) categories: 35.100.20 - Data link layer; 35.240.50 - IT applications in industry. The ICS classification helps identify the subject area and facilitates finding related standards.
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