US 12,393,181 B2
Inter-plant communication
Sebastian Gau, Ludwigshafen Am Rhein (DE)
Assigned to BASF SE, Ludwigshafen am Rhein (DE)
Appl. No. 18/021,683
Filed by BASF SE, Ludwigshafen AM Rhein (DE)
PCT Filed Aug. 19, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/073083
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 16, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/038243, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 20192174 (EP), filed on Aug. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0028017 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 12/24 (2006.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01); H04L 41/0803 (2022.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01)
CPC G05B 19/41885 (2013.01) [G05B 19/41855 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for interplant communication between a plurality of industrial plants, the method comprising:
i. receiving, via at least one distribution unit, plant related data from at least one industrial plant of the plurality of industrial plants; and
ii. transmitting, via the at least one distribution unit, broadcast data to the plurality of industrial plants specifically to each industrial plant of the plurality of industrial plants, wherein the broadcast data comprises at least a part of the plant related data;
wherein the reception of the plant related data and the transmission of the broadcast data are done via at least one network, wherein each industrial plant comprises a control layer, the control layer of each of the plants being communicatively coupled to an operational layer, wherein the plant related data is provided at the at least one distribution unit via the operational layer, wherein the broadcast data is provided to the plurality of industrial plants via the operational layer, and wherein the at least one network is a part of the operational layer, and wherein the plant related data is filtered or masked prior to transmission or filtered or masked by the control layer of each of the industrial plant upon receipt of the plant related data.