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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2010
Sabine Dingfelder, Bubenreuth, DE;
Dieter Schneider, Wörth, DE;
Sabine Dingfelder, Bubenreuth, DE;
Dieter Schneider, Wörth, DE;
Siemens AG, Munich, DE;
Abstract
In order to provide functions in an industrial automation system having control units which are coupled via a communication network, functions of the automation system are made available by services. Components of a service are subdivided into service-specific components and into components which can be reused by a plurality of different services. Service-specific components and reusable components have a standard configuration interface. Service components are linked to a service by a service configuration unit via the standard configuration interface. Functions for monitoring and/or controlling a defined quality of service are assigned to the reusable components.