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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2014
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Carsten Jordan, Erlangen, DE;
Matthias Jung, Bubenreuth, DE;
Klaus-Juergen Langer, Oberasbach, DE;
Denis Schroff, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, DE;
Michael Unkelbach, Buckenhof, DE;
Egon Wuchner, Biessenhofen, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A method for controlling a grid of plants, wherein the method includes interconnecting distributed control systems via a network, providing a hierarchical tree structure having at least two levels (LN) for the network, assigning each distributed control system to a node of the tree structure, receiving a data request at a parent node control system, determining whether the data request is resolvable by the parent node control system, where a reply to the data request is sent if the data request can be resolved by the parent node, and where the data request is forwarded to at least one of the child nodes of the parent node if the data request is unresolvable by the parent node such that monitoring and controlling of the entire grid with respect to the inclusion of further units and the modification of already existing units is achieved in a flexible manner.