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Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2024

Filed:

Aug. 12, 2021
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Duane C. Skelton, Bellingham, WA (US);

Colin Gordon, Katy, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H02J 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/162 (2013.01); H02J 13/00006 (2020.01); H04L 9/0838 (2013.01); H04L 63/062 (2013.01); H04L 63/0853 (2013.01); H02J 13/00036 (2020.01);
Abstract

A non-transitory computer readable medium includes instructions that, when executed by processing circuitry, are configured to cause the processing circuitry to operate in a recovery mode after initiating a startup operation, transmit a data frame to a device of an electric power delivery system during the recovery mode, the data frame indicating a request for a security association key (SAK), receive the SAK from the device in response to transmitting the data frame, and use the SAK to communicate data via a media access control security (MACsec) communication link.


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