Patent ID: 11936740
Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon for implementing a Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) Open Platform Communications Unified Architecture (OPCUA) industrial network, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a process that:
connects an OPCUA based industrial controller to the industrial network via a controller switch in the industrial controller;
connects an OPCUA based industrial device to the industrial network via a device switch in the industrial device; and
connects a Centralized User Configuration (CUC) to the industrial network, the CUC having an OPCUA model therein;
connects a Centralized Network Controller (CNC) to the industrial network, the CNC operable to interact with the controller switch in the OPCUA based industrial controller and the device switch in the OPCUA based industrial device;
operates the CUC to interact with the OPCUA based industrial controller and the OPCUA based industrial device to determine one or more TSN parameters required for provisioning a TSN connection therebetween;
operates the CUC to transmit the one or more TSN parameters to a Centralized Network Controller (CNC) on the industrial network to request provisioning of the TSN connection; and
operates the CNC to configure the one or more TSN parameters in the controller switch of the OPCUA based industrial controller and the device switch of the OPCUA based industrial device to provision the TSN connection.