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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2017
Applicant:
Abb Schweiz Ag, Baden, CH;
Inventors:
Ewa Hansen, Västerås, SE;
Johan Åkerberg, Västerås, SE;
Jonas Neander, Västerås, SE;
Krister Landernäs, Hallstahammar, SE;
Niclas Ericsson, Västerås, SE;
Tomas Lennvall, Örebro, SE;
Assignee:
ABB Schweiz AG, Baden, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/12 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04J 3/02 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 74/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/1263 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04J 3/02 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04W 74/0808 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of scheduling field devices in a wireless network of an industrial process system is provided. The method is performed in a scheduling device and includes scheduling one or more field devices on uplink resources and on downlink resources, such that, for at least one of the field devices, a periodicity of uplink resources is different than a periodicity of downlink resources.