US 12,335,053 B2
Systems and methods for managing PRP networks
Julie Nguyen, Mayfield Heights, OH (US); Stephen A. Wenner, Akron, OH (US); Eric Eilberg, Rocky River, OH (US); Jessica E Forguites, Willoughby, OH (US); and Mark G. Devonshire, Chagrin Falls, OH (US)
Assigned to Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US)
Filed by Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/449,598.
Prior Publication US 2023/0097452 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 1/22 (2006.01); H04L 41/12 (2022.01); H04L 61/2517 (2022.01); H04L 101/622 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 1/22 (2013.01) [H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 61/2517 (2013.01); H04L 2101/622 (2022.05)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for generation and delivery of industrial parallel redundancy protocol (PRP) management information, comprising:
a memory that stores computer-executable components; and
a processor, operatively coupled to the memory, that executes the computer-executable components, the computer-executable components comprising:
a node component configured to:
detect a plurality of nodes on a PRP network, wherein the plurality of nodes comprises a switch, wherein the switch is configured with PRP technology and comprises:
a first port connected to a first local area network (LAN); and
a second port connected to a second LAN;
wherein the switch is configured to connect one or more components without PRP technology to the first LAN, the second LAN, or both; and
determine one or more connections between the plurality of nodes;
a topology component configured to:
determine a first set of the plurality of nodes that connects to the first LAN;
determine a second set of the plurality of nodes that connects to the second LAN; and
generate a topology map of the first LAN and the second LAN according to the determined connections, wherein the topology map presents the plurality of nodes within the PRP network and the determined connections between the plurality of nodes, the first LAN, the second LAN, the one or more components, or a combination thereof.