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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2020
Applicant:
Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hideo Nishimura, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01); G05B 19/4155 (2006.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 28/0268 (2013.01); G05B 19/4155 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); G05B 2219/31372 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A plant system includes: an access node connected to a network; a plurality of controllers configured to perform distributed control on a plurality of field devices provided in a plant; and a wireless communication unit provided in each group of a plurality of groups into which the plurality of controllers are grouped and connected to each controller in the corresponding group via a wired connection, and configured to connect each controller to the access node via a wireless connection.