ARRANGEMENT AND A METHOD FOR SAFE DATA COMMUNICATION VIA A NON-SAFE NETWORK

• US 20080168121A1
• Filed: 01/07/2008
• Published: 07/10/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bernecker + Rainer Industrie-Elektronik GmbH (ABB Limited)
• Original Assignee: Bernecker + Rainer Industrie-Elektronik GmbH (ABB Limited)
• Inventors: BERNECKER, Erwin, Rainer, Jesef, Wimmer, Johann
• Application Number:
  US11/970,178
• Publication Number:
  US 20080168121A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/201
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/2876 Pairs of inter-processing entities at each side of the network, e.g. split proxies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/03 Protocol definition or specification protocol conformance testing H04L1/244
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/26 Special purpose or proprietary protocols or architectures network applications for proprietary or special purpose networking environments H04L67/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/06 Optimizing the usage of the radio link, e.g. header compression, information sizing , discarding information system modifying transmission characteristic according to link quality by modifying frame length H04L1/0007; dynamic adaptation of the packet size for flow control or congestion control H04L47/365
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

In order to utilize the bandwidth available in the non-safe network for sending safe data in the best possible manner, it is provided for the safe data on the transmitter side to be combined by a network protocol-dependent transmitter optimization device in a network message or divided among several network messages and transmitted via the non-safe network. On the receiver side the safe data are extracted or combined again from the network protocol-specific data packets by a network protocol-dependent receiver optimization device.

Claims

1. Arrangement for safe data communication via a non-safe network with a safe data transmitter that transmits safe data according to a safety protocol encapsulated in the network protocol via the network to a safe data receiver, wherein a network protocol-dependent transmitter optimization device connected to the network is provided on the transmitter side, which device receives the safe data from the safe data transmitter and, independent of the safety protocol, subdivides or combines them on network protocol-specific data packets of specific predetermined payload lengths and transmits the network protocol-specific data packets via the non-safe network, and in that a network protocol-dependent receiver optimization device connected to the network is provided on the receiver side, which device extracts or assembles the safe data from the network protocol-specific data packets and forwards these data to the safe data receiver.

2. Arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the transmitter optimization device is arranged integrated in the data transmitter and/or the receiver optimization device is arranged integrated in the data receiver.

3. Arrangement according to claim 1, wherein a network connection unit is provided on the transmitter side and/or on the receiver side and the transmitter optimization device is arranged integrated in the transmitter-side network connection unit and/or the receiver optimization device is arranged integrated in the receiver-side network connection unit.

4. Arrangement according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of data transmitters and data receivers are provided which communicate with one another via the network.

5. Arrangement according to claim 1, wherein a number of data transmitters and/or data receivers are connected via a data bus to a transmitter optimization device and/or a receiver optimization device.

6. Arrangement according to claim 5, wherein the data transmitters, data receivers, transmitter optimization device and/or receiver optimization device communicate with one another via the data bus via a protocol independent of the network.

7. Arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the transmitter optimization device also inserts non-safe data into a network protocol-specific data packet.

8. Method for transmitting safe data via a non-safe network in which safe data are transmitted according to a safety protocol encapsulated in the network protocol via the network by a safe data transmitter to a safe data receiver, wherein on the transmitter side the safe data are received by the safe data transmitter and divided up or combined on network-specific data packets of specific predetermined payload lengths in a network protocol-dependent transmitter optimization device connected to the network independent of the safety protocol, and the data packets are transmitted via the non-safe network and that on the receiver side the safe data are extracted or combined from the network protocol-specific data packets received in a network protocol-dependent receiver optimization device connected to the network and are forwarded to the safe data receiver.

9. Method according to claim 8, wherein a number of data transmitters and/or data receivers are connected via a data bus to a transmitter optimization device and/or a receiver optimization device.

10. Method according to claim 9, wherein the data transmitters, data receivers, transmitter optimization device and/or receiver optimization device (4) communicate with one another via the data bus via a protocol independent of the network.

11. Arrangement according to claim 8, wherein the transmitter optimization device also inserts non-safe data into a network protocol-specific data packet.