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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2020
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc., Pullman, WA (US);
Colin Gordon, Katy, TX (US);
Duane C. Skelton, Bellingham, WA (US);
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc., Pullman, WA (US);
Abstract
A system includes a switch of an electric power distribution system, the switch being configured to receive data and to transmit data, and the system includes a controller configured to communicatively couple to the switch. The controller is configured to create a software defined network by instructing the switch to transmit data to a location, and the controller is configured to generate a set of keys and to provide the set of keys to the switch to enable the switch to communicate data via a Media Access Security (MACsec) communication link, a MACsec key agreement (MKA) connectivity association, or both.