Patent ID: 11916806
Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A computer-implemented method for monitoring a communication system of a first entity that is used by a second entity for the control and/or the surveillance of at least one industrial process by a control system of the second entity, comprising the steps of:
identifying, by the control system, a set of signals that need to be transmitted over the communication system for proper functioning of the control and/or surveillance of the at least one industrial process;
for each signal from the identified set of signals, identifying, by the control system, one or more resources of the communication system that are needed for transmission of this signal;
obtaining, from a monitoring entity of the communication system and by the control system, information that is indicative of the operational state of the identified resources; and
evaluating, by the control system, from the obtained information, at least one remedial activity which, when performed on at least one resource, and/or on the control and/or surveillance, is likely to improve, and/or to restore, a reliability of the control and/or surveillance,
wherein at least one resource of the one or more resources of the communication system comprises a service that provides transmission of data from a predetermined source to a predetermined destination with a predetermined bandwidth and/or a predetermined quality of the service, and
wherein a change in state information regarding the at least one resource is deemed relevant based on a potential to impact the predetermined quality of the service.