Patent ID: 9569958
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: G08C,H04L

Claim:
1. A method optimizing use of a communications channel carrying data related to an electrical power system, comprising: (a) acquiring a plurality of data portions representative of the behavior of an electrical power system, where the electrical power system comprises all or a part of a system that conducts electrical power between an electric power source and an electric load, the data portions containing at least one power system event which represents a deviation from steady-state operation of the electrical power system; (b) using a first computing device located at a first location, assigning at least one rank value each of the data portions based on the type of power system event, the rank value indicative of a priority of the event; and (c) transferring the data portions over a communications channel comprising a computer network from the first computing device to a second computing device at a second location remote from the first location, wherein the sequence of transfer is conducted in accordance with the rank values.