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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2023
Abb Schweiz Ag, Baden, CH;
Abdulkadir Karaagac, Ladenburg, DE;
Rhaban Hark, Weiterstadt, DE;
Sten Gruener, Laudenbach, DE;
Jens Heuschkel, Weiterstadt, DE;
ABB Schweiz AG, Baden, CH;
Abstract
A method for providing a network configuration for an industrial network includes discovering network topology data by a network configuration agent (NCA); receiving communication intent data from a network device; commissioning and identifying a remote network engine; forwarding the discovered network topology data and the received communication intent data to the remote network engine and requesting by the NCA the remote network engine for calculating network configuration data indicating network configurations; calculating the network configuration data on the provided network topology data and the received communication intent data; providing the calculated network configuration data to the NCA and distributing the calculated network configuration data to the network device, and initiating a network configuration in the industrial network.