Patent ID: 9362746
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: H02J,Y02E,Y04S

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: determining a grid topology of an electric grid based on one or more electric grid configuration description files; determining a configuration of a network topology of a computer network used to provide communication to grid devices of the electric grid, the network topology made up of a plurality of network devices, wherein determining the configuration of the network topology of the computer network includes mapping the virtual local area network (VLAN) configurations within the computer network; assessing whether the configuration of the network topology is configured to meet one or more communication requirements of the grid topology, wherein assessing includes overlaying the network topology on the grid topology and verifying that the VLAN configurations match the one or more communication requirements of the grid topology to prevent faults in the grid topology and the network topology; and triggering an automatic reconfiguration of the network topology to meet the one or more communication requirements of the grid topology in response to the network topology not being configured to meet the one or more communication requirements of the grid topology.