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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2023

Filed:

Jan. 05, 2021
Applicant:

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc., Pullman, WA (US);

Inventor:

Colin Gordon, Katy, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0428 (2013.01); H04L 63/162 (2013.01); H04L 63/164 (2013.01);
Abstract

An intelligent electronic device (IED) of an electric distribution system includes processing circuitry and a memory having instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processing circuitry, are configured to cause the processing circuitry to perform operations that include receiving an indication to establish a media access control security (MACsec) communication link in accordance with a confidential mode configured to block access to communication traffic associated with the MACsec communication link, indicating that the MACsec communication link is to be established in accordance with the confidential mode, receiving establishment of the MACsec communication link in accordance with the confidential mode, and communicating data via the MACsec communication link.


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