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Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 27, 2022
Applicant:

Level 3 Communications, Llc, Broomfield, CO (US);

Inventors:

Timothy Fullenkamp, Broomfield, CO (US);

Majdi Dawud, Lafayette, CO (US);

Erik McLeod, Longmont, CO (US);

Russell Richardson, Thornton, CO (US);

Alexander Talavera, Broomfield, CO (US);

Assignee:

Level 3 Communications, LLC, Denver, CO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/082 (2022.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0876 (2013.01); H04L 41/082 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A field device, including: a processor; and memory including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: login to a local node device physically connected to the field device; enable a common command protocol on the local node device; solicit information to configure the local node device; generate a command set in the enabled common command protocol according to the solicited information; and execute the command set to automatically commission the local node device to communicate with one or more other node devices commissioned in a first network.


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