COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND RELAY PROTECTION APPARATUS

• US 20160261706A1
• Filed: 10/09/2014
• Published: 09/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS (Schneider Electric SE)
• Original Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS (Schneider Electric SE)
• Inventors: WANG, Shaogang
• Granted Patent: US 10,560,547 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/046 comprising network management agents or mobile agents therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0817 by checking functioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/50 Testing arrangements
• 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 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion

Abstract

Provided is a communication apparatus and a relay protection apparatus, the communication apparatus supports at least one of communication protocols and provides functions of at least two dedicated communication profile components for each of the communication protocols, and the communication apparatus comprises: a configuration module for setting an operational parameter of the communication apparatus, wherein the operational parameter indicates that which one of the at least two dedicated communication profile components is used for the communication apparatus; a management module for causing the communication apparatus to operate as the one of the at least two dedicated communication profile components according to the configuration of the configuration module; and a communication function module for providing the functions of the at least two dedicated communication profile components, wherein the management module causes the communication apparatus to operate as the one of the at least two dedicated communication profile components by selecting the function provided by the communication function module according to the configuration of the configuration module.

Claims

1. A communication apparatus configured to support at least one of communication protocols and to provide functions of at least two dedicated communication profile components for each communication protocol, wherein the communication apparatus comprises:

a configuration module configured to set an operational parameter of the communication apparatus, the operational parameter indicating that which one of the at least two dedicated communication profile components is used for the communication apparatus;

a management module configured to cause the communication apparatus to operate as the one of the at least two dedicated communication profile components according to configuration of the configuration module; and

a communication function module configured to provide functions of the at least two dedicated communication profile components,

wherein the management module is configured to cause the communication apparatus to operate as the one of the at least two dedicated communication profile components by selecting the function provided by the communication function module according to the configuration of the configuration module.

2. The communication apparatus of claim 1, wherein, for each of the communication protocols, the communication function module comprises:

a common profile component configured to perform operations common to the plurality of the dedicated communication profile components; and

a specific profile component configured to perform operations dedicated to each of the plurality of the dedicated communication profile components respectively.

3. The communication apparatus of claim 2, wherein, the specific profile component comprises at least two specific sub-profile components each for performing the dedicated operations of each of the at least two dedicated communication profile components respectively.

4. The communication apparatus of claim 2, wherein the at least one communication protocol comprises at least one of a Modbus protocol, a DNP3 protocol and an ICE60870-5-103 protocol.

5. The communication apparatus of claim 4, wherein, for the Modbus protocol, the common profile component is configured to perform at least one of following operations:

providing a status value of the communication apparatus to a client;

providing measurands to the client;

controlling an ON/OFF state of an external switch; and

providing diagnosis information.

6. The communication apparatus of claim 5, wherein each of the at least two specific sub-profile components are configured to perform at least one of the following operations:

providing a self description of the communication apparatus to the client;

receiving a time synchronization command from the client and performing respective operations;

reporting abnormal state information of the apparatus to the client;

providing fault record information to the client;

providing status value change event information to the client; and

supporting uploading and downloading of files.

7. The communication apparatus of claim 4, wherein, for the IEC 60870-5-103 protocol, the common profile component is configured to perform at least one of following operations:

providing a self description of the communication apparatus to a client;

extracting waveform data;

reporting time-tagged measurands with relative time;

performing a time synchronization operation;

setting the test mode; and

receiving a test command from the client and performing corresponding operations.

8. The communication apparatus of claim 7, wherein each of the at least two specific sub-profile components is configured to perform at least one of the following operations:

providing a status value of the communication apparatus to the client;

providing fault record information to the client;

providing status value change event information to the client;

control a ON/OFF state of an external switch;

supporting uploading and downloading of files; and

receiving a data general interrogation command for reading all data in the real-time database and performing corresponding operations.

9. The communication apparatus of claim 1, wherein, for each of the communication protocols, the at least two dedicated communication profile components comprise at least two of a MiCom Px20 communication profile component, a MiCom Px30 communication profile component, a MiCom Px40 communication profile component, a Sepam 20/40/80 communication profile component and a Vamp 50 communication profile component.

10. The communication apparatus of claim 3, wherein, for each of the communication protocols, the at least two specific sub-profile components comprise at least two of a MiCom Px20 sub-profile component, a MiCom Px30 sub-profile component, a MiCom Px40 sub-profile component, a Sepam 20/40/80 sub-profile component and a Vamp 50 sub-profile component.

11. The communication apparatus of claim 10, wherein, for at least one of the Modbus protocol and the IEC 60870-5-103 protocol, the at least two specific sub-profile components further comprise a standard protocol sub-profile component for performing operations specified by the communication protocol but not defined in the common profile component.

12. A relay protection apparatus comprising the communication apparatus of claim 1.

13. The relay protection apparatus of claim 12, wherein, for each of the communication protocols, the communication function module comprises:

a common profile component configured to perform operations common to the plurality of the dedicated communication profile components; and

a specific profile component configured to perform operations dedicated to each of the plurality of the dedicated communication profile components respectively.

14. The relay protection apparatus of claim 13, wherein, the specific profile component comprises at least two specific sub-profile components each for performing the dedicated operations of each of the at least two dedicated communication profile components respectively.

15. The relay protection apparatus of claim 13, wherein the at least one communication protocol comprises at least one of a Modbus protocol, a DNP3 protocol and an ICE60870-5-103 protocol.

16. The relay protection apparatus of claim 15, wherein, for the Modbus protocol, the common profile component is configured to perform at least one of following operations:

providing a status value of the communication apparatus to a client;

providing measurands to the client;

controlling an ON/OFF state of an external switch; and

providing diagnosis information.

17. The relay protection apparatus of claim 16, wherein each of the at least two specific sub-profile components are configured to perform at least one of the following operations:

providing a self description of the communication apparatus to the client;

receiving a time synchronization command from the client and performing respective operations;

reporting abnormal state information of the apparatus to the client;

providing fault record information to the client;

providing status value change event information to the client; and

supporting uploading and downloading of files.

18. The relay protection apparatus of claim 15, wherein, for the IEC 60870-5-103 protocol, the common profile component is configured to perform at least one of following operations:

providing a self description of the communication apparatus to a client;

extracting waveform data;

reporting time-tagged measurands with relative time;

performing a time synchronization operation;

setting the test mode; and

receiving a test command from the client and performing corresponding operations.

19. The relay protection apparatus of claim 18, wherein each of the at least two specific sub-profile components is configured to perform at least one of the following operations:

providing a status value of the communication apparatus to the client;

providing fault record information to the client;

providing status value change event information to the client;

control a ON/OFF state of an external switch;

supporting uploading and downloading of files; and

receiving a data general interrogation command for reading all data in the real-time database and performing corresponding operations.

20. The relay protection apparatus of claim 12, wherein, for each of the communication protocols, the at least two dedicated communication profile components comprise at least two of a MiCom Px20 communication profile component, a MiCom Px30 communication profile component, a MiCom Px40 communication profile component, a Sepam 20/40/80 communication profile component and a Vamp 50 communication profile component.