Patent ID: 11916695
Assignee: ENDRESS+HAUSER PROCESS SOLUTIONS AG
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 4:
5. The field device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the communication information includes the following:
status concerning whether a communication connection via the communication interface has been established or not;
status concerning whether a ring connection has been established;
number of bytes received from the communication interface;
number of byte reception errors;
number of bytes transmitted or emitted from the communication interface;
number of byte transmission errors;
number of active TCP connections;
number of TCP frames received;
number of TCP frame reception errors;
number of TCP packets transmitted;
number of TCP frame transmission errors;
number of UDP ports available;
number of UDP packets received;
number of reception errors of UDP packets;
number of UDP packets transmitted;
number of transmission errors of UDP packets;
application relation status;
information regarding approximate network load of incoming data, or packets;
information regarding approximate network load of outgoing data, or packets;
information regarding a signal level; and/or
information regarding a signal-to-noise ratio.