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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2008
Applicant:
Karl Weber, Altdorf, DE;
Inventor:
Karl Weber, Altdorf, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/413 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A network component including three ports as well as a method for the operation thereof is provided. The ports are exclusively allocated to individual hierarchical levels of a topology of an automation system, in which the network component is operated along with an optional plurality of additional network components, such that telegrams sent in the automation system are efficiently forwarded, particularly on the basis of designators assigned to the network component as an alias. The designators are assigned in an especially recursive process.