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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2016
Applicant:
Hirschmann Automation and Control Gmbh, Neckartenzlingen, DE;
Inventor:
Heiko Fink, Schwieberdingen, DE;
Assignee:
HIRSCHMANN AUTOMATION AND CONTROL GMBH, Neckartenzlingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/437 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/437 (2013.01); H04L 41/0654 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for operating a network () with a multi-master redundancy protocol and an additional redundancy function by means of a bypass switch, wherein a plurality of network devices (to) are interconnected in the network () in a ring topology by means of lines () and exchange data. In the event of failure of one of the network devices (to), two ports of the failed network device (to) are connected to one another on the physical plane by means of a bypass switch ().