US 12,013,769 B2
Hot-standby redundancy control system, method, control apparatus, and computer readable storage medium
Dong Li, Beijing (CN); Xiao Bo Yang, Beijing (CN); Tong Zhou Wang, Beijing (CN); Yao Lei Tang, Beijing (CN); and Chuan Yu Zhang, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/059,282
Filed by Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed May 31, 2018, PCT No. PCT/CN2018/089283
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 27, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/227401, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0216417 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); G06F 11/20 (2006.01); G06F 13/20 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 11/2028 (2013.01) [G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 13/20 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45579 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hot-standby redundancy control system, comprising:
multiple primary control apparatuses, each of the multiple primary control apparatuses configured to respectively run a process of the hot-standby redundancy control system;
a backup control apparatus pool, the backup control apparatus pool including at least one industrial personal computer (IPC), the at least one IPC configured to establish multiple virtual control apparatuses, the multiple virtual control apparatuses established on the at least one IPC being in one-to-one correspondence with the multiple primary control apparatuses, and wherein each respective multiple virtual control apparatus is configured to run a same process as a respective corresponding primary control apparatus;
a control bus connecting one or more of the multiple primary control apparatuses and the at least one IPC; and
a field bus connecting the one or more of the multiple primary control apparatuses, the at least one IPC, and multiple field apparatuses.