| CPC H02J 3/0075 (2020.01) [H02J 3/003 (2020.01)] | 20 Claims |
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1. A method, comprising:
establishing, by a network controller and over a first virtual network in a first power substation network, a first communication path between a control server and a first intelligent electronic device (IED), wherein the first virtual network uses a first network protocol that prevents redundant paths within the first virtual network, and wherein the first IED is coupled to a sensor that is coupled to a first electric power hardware device;
generating, by the network controller, a Parallel Redundancy Protocol (PRP) virtual network in the first power substation network in response to determining that a PRP-based IED is being added to the first power substation network;
establishing, by the network controller and over the PRP virtual network, a second communication path and a third communication path between the control server and the PRP-based IED, wherein the second communication path corresponds to a first plurality of network elements in the first power substation network and the third communication path corresponds to a second plurality of network elements in the first power substation network that are different than the first plurality of network elements,
wherein the PRP virtual network uses a second network protocol that is different from the first network protocol that is used by the first virtual network; and
transmitting first control data to the first IED over the first communication path and second control data to the PRP-based IED over the second communication path.
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