Intelligent grid communications network management systems and methods
First Claim
1. A system for communication network management of a utility grid, where the utility grid comprises electrical equipment monitored by network devices that are communicable via a communication network of the utility grid, the system comprising:
- a database configured to store a grid information data set, where the grid information data set includes network device information for the utility grid;
an integrated network operations and management system executable by a processor to;
receive an event message transmitted by a network device from the network devices, the event message indicative of a communication failure in the communication network of the utility grid;
retrieve the grid information data set;
identify one or more network devices associated with the communication failure based on the grid information data set, the one or more network devices being in communication with the network device that transmitted the event message;
transmit a request for a response to the identified one or more network devices; and
determine a response pattern based on responses from the identified one or more network devices; and
a fault, performance, and configuration management (FPCM) module executable by the processor to communicate directly with at least one of the identified network devices, and to determine a cause of the communication failure based on the response patterns and event messages from respective network devices.
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Abstract
A system for communication network management of a utility grid includes a database configured to store a grid information data set, where the grid information data set includes network device information for the utility grid and a network management system executable by a processor to: receive an event message from one or more network devices indicative of one or more failures in a communication network of the utility grid; retrieve the grid information data set; identify one or more network device associated with the one or more failures based on the grid information data set; transmit a request for a response to the identified one or more network devices; determine a response pattern based on responses from the identified one or more network devices in order to identify a cause of the failure based on the response pattern.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for communication network management of a utility grid, where the utility grid comprises electrical equipment monitored by network devices that are communicable via a communication network of the utility grid, the system comprising:
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a database configured to store a grid information data set, where the grid information data set includes network device information for the utility grid; an integrated network operations and management system executable by a processor to; receive an event message transmitted by a network device from the network devices, the event message indicative of a communication failure in the communication network of the utility grid; retrieve the grid information data set; identify one or more network devices associated with the communication failure based on the grid information data set, the one or more network devices being in communication with the network device that transmitted the event message; transmit a request for a response to the identified one or more network devices; and determine a response pattern based on responses from the identified one or more network devices; and a fault, performance, and configuration management (FPCM) module executable by the processor to communicate directly with at least one of the identified network devices, and to determine a cause of the communication failure based on the response patterns and event messages from respective network devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for managing a communication network of a utility grid, the method executable by a computer coupled with a processor and memory of an integrated network operations and management system, the method comprising:
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facilitating, by the processor, direct communication with a plurality of network devices via the communication network of the utility grid that facilitates direct communication with respective network devices, the network devices configured to monitor electrical equipment included in the utility grid; receiving, with the processor, an event message from a network device, the event message indicative of a communication failure in the communication network of the utility grid; retrieving, with the processor, a grid information data set from a database, where the grid information data set includes network device information for the utility grid; identifying, with the processor, one or more network devices associated with the communication failure based on the grid information data set, at least some of the one or more network devices being in communication with the network device; transmitting, with the processor, a request for a response, the request transmitted to at least some of the identified one or more network devices; determining, with the processor, a response pattern based on responses from at least some of the identified one or more network devices; and identifying a cause of the communication failure based on the response pattern matching a predetermined response pattern. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a plurality of instructions executable by a processor to manage a communication network of a utility grid by an integrated network operations and management system that includes a database configured to store a grid information data set including network device information for the utility grid, the computer-readable medium comprising:
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instructions to execute direct communication with a plurality of network devices of the communication network; instructions to receive an event message transmitted by a network device, the event message indicative of a connectivity failure in the communication network of the utility grid, where the utility grid comprises electrical equipment to be monitored; instructions to retrieve the grid information data set included in the database; instructions to identify one or more network devices on a communication path associated with the network device that transmitted the event message, the communication path being a part of the communications network between the electrical equipment and the integrated network operations and management system, and the network devices identified based on the grid information data set; instructions to transmit a request for a response to at least some of the identified one or more network devices; and instructions to determine a response pattern based on responses from at least some of the identified one or more network devices in order to identify a cause of the connectivity failure based on the response pattern and the event message. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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