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Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 12, 2019
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Colin Ian Holyoake, Braishfield, GB;

Richard Postlethwaite, Wiltshire, GB;

Simon Salter, Winchester, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 3/12 (2006.01); H04B 3/54 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); H02J 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 3/542 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); H04B 3/548 (2013.01); H02J 3/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Method and system are provided for power path identification in a power distribution system. The method transmits a data signal through a power line infrastructure including adding an identifier value at multiple points of the infrastructure to the data signal to form a concatenated path identifier formed of the identifier values. The method reads the path identifier at a reading point of the infrastructure to obtain power path information to or from the reading point in the power line infrastructure. A system may include a plurality of path identification devices each provided at a connection point of the power distribution system to transmit connection point identifiers to form a concatenated path identifier with identifier values of other connection points.


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