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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2004
Alan Gale, Carver, MA (US);
Richard Coombs, Wrentham, MA (US);
Krishan Kumar Dhupar, North Attleboro, MA (US);
Alan M. Foskett, Mansfield, MA (US);
Douglas Macdougall, Plainville, MA (US);
Alan Gale, Carver, MA (US);
Richard Coombs, Wrentham, MA (US);
Krishan Kumar Dhupar, North Attleboro, MA (US);
Alan M. Foskett, Mansfield, MA (US);
Douglas MacDougall, Plainville, MA (US);
Invensys Systems, Inc., Foxboro, MA (US);
Abstract
A fault router method and system for use in a parallel redundant network environment provide additional safeguards over traditional redundant networks. Where multiple connection faults on multiple machines would ordinarily stifle communications between two or more network entities, the fault router passes packets between redundant networks to bypass connection faults. Compatibility and timing improvements allow for the extension of the parallel network environment, and provide for time-synchronized network operation.