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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2011
Stefan Elsterer, Fürth, DE;
Christian Hock, Fürth, DE;
Jörn Peschke, Nürnberg, DE;
Frank Volkmann, Nürnberg, DE;
Stefan Elsterer, Fürth, DE;
Christian Hock, Fürth, DE;
Jörn Peschke, Nürnberg, DE;
Frank Volkmann, Nürnberg, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A method for interchanging data between two devices in a network which utilizes a communication protocol with an interface based on an Object Linking and Embedding for Process Control Unified Architecture (OPC-UA) standard to interchange the data, wherein the communication protocol includes a priority allocation function which can allocate to the data at least two different priority values, and the data are interchanged based on the allocated priority values, such that the data interchangeable between the two devices in a predetermined period of time with a prescribed probability.