Atomic self-healing architecture in an electric power network
First Claim
1. In an electric power network, an advanced communications system employing an atomic communications system architecture, comprising:
- a plurality of node elements deployable on said electric power network and each having a respective global port and an inward port, the electric power network having a plurality of hierarchy levels, including a hierarchy of high voltage, medium voltage, and low voltage, and wherein at least one node element is deployed at each hierarchy level;
each node element having a global data store that is populated with information supplied via said global port and is accessible via said inward port;
each node element having a local data store that is populated with information supplied via said inward port and is accessible via said global port;
each node element being configured to selectably support at least one of three planes of interaction using the information maintained within said global and inward data stores;
a power analysis plane of interaction,a data plane of interaction, anda control plane of interaction,wherein each node element allows a plurality of load devices to exchange data, through the node element, using respective different protocols of the load devices; and
wherein each node element includes a proxy having a universal format interface that makes available a local control interface of a first local load device available and that allows remote control of the first local load device, through the universal format interface, using a universal format different from a local control protocol of the first load device.
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Abstract
In one embodiment of this invention, identical communicating node elements are constructed and placed throughout a power delivery network. Each of these node elements supplies features and options that facilitate peer-to-peer communications, data and service aggregation, propagated interfaces and distributed computational power. The network of interacting node elements, built with a common architecture, gives the power delivery network advanced capabilities for utilities and customers. These advanced capabilities include self-healing, highly secure communications, real-time interactions between any devices, and so on.
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1. In an electric power network, an advanced communications system employing an atomic communications system architecture, comprising:
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a plurality of node elements deployable on said electric power network and each having a respective global port and an inward port, the electric power network having a plurality of hierarchy levels, including a hierarchy of high voltage, medium voltage, and low voltage, and wherein at least one node element is deployed at each hierarchy level; each node element having a global data store that is populated with information supplied via said global port and is accessible via said inward port; each node element having a local data store that is populated with information supplied via said inward port and is accessible via said global port; each node element being configured to selectably support at least one of three planes of interaction using the information maintained within said global and inward data stores; a power analysis plane of interaction, a data plane of interaction, and a control plane of interaction, wherein each node element allows a plurality of load devices to exchange data, through the node element, using respective different protocols of the load devices; and wherein each node element includes a proxy having a universal format interface that makes available a local control interface of a first local load device available and that allows remote control of the first local load device, through the universal format interface, using a universal format different from a local control protocol of the first load device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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