Method and architecture for critical systems utilizing multi-centric orthogonal topology and pervasive rules-driven data and control encoding

A system comprising:

• two control centers communicably coupled over a network;
• and
• at least one sub-network arranged orthogonal to the network, the sub-network communicably coupling each of the control centers to each of:
• a sensor receiving sensed data;
• and
• a controller controlling one or more operations based on the sensed data;
• wherein the sensor and controller are communicably coupled together over the at least one orthogonal sub-network;
• and
• an archive storing as non-transitory computer readable media:
• a configuration table storing configuration data for each of the control centers, sensor, controller, and archive, wherein the configuration data includes a preferred error correction code, and at least one preferred error correction procedure;
• and
• a real-time time log of events storing actions performed by the control centers, sensor, controller, and archive.