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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2010
Applicants:
Joachim Schmidt, Bad Pyrmont, DE;
Steffen Horn, Blomberg, DE;
Inventors:
Joachim Schmidt, Bad Pyrmont, DE;
Steffen Horn, Blomberg, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/701 (2013.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 12/403 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/403 (2013.01); H04L 45/00 (2013.01); H04L 12/462 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to communication between safety-related modules in a communication network of an automation system. The object of the invention is to simplify installation and development of safety-related modules in an automation network. To this end, the safety functions of a system are divided into small, manageable, locally delimitable and simply verifiable groups of modules.