US 11,888,739 B2
Industrial software defined networking architecture for deployment in a software defined automation system
Alen Mehmedagic, Wilmington, MA (US); and Vijay Vallala, North Andover, MA (US)
Assigned to Schneider Electric Industries SAS, Rueil Malmaison (FR)
Filed by Schneider Electric Industries SAS, Rueil Malmaison (FR)
Filed on Aug. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/408,825.
Application 17/408,825 is a continuation of application No. 16/322,864, granted, now 11,134,010, previously published as PCT/EP2017/069606, filed on Aug. 3, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/370,686, filed on Aug. 3, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/376,470, filed on Aug. 18, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0385159 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 45/64 (2022.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 67/133 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 45/64 (2013.01) [G06F 9/547 (2013.01); H04L 63/0218 (2013.01); H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04L 67/133 (2022.05)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for managing an industrial network comprising:
detecting presence of a new industrial device in an industrial network;
in response to determining, by an authentication service, that the new industrial device is authorized to participate in the industrial network,
determining attributes and industrial function of the of the new industrial device;
identifying, based on the attributes of the new industrial device and the industrial function, at least one resource required by the new industrial device to perform the industrial function; and
provisioning a network path to the at least one resource to enable the new industrial device to perform the industrial function in the industrial network; and
determining, by a cybersecurity controller, at least one cybersecurity policy applicable to the new industrial device, wherein the at least one cybersecurity policy requires that the new industrial device be authenticated by the authentication service.