System and method for coordinating resources
AssigneeABB Schweiz AG
InventorJoseph A. Carr
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Abstract
Coordination of a plurality of resources is disclosed to respond to a local service target. A local measurement is taken by a first resource and, if the first resource cannot satisfy the local service target, short range recruitment of one or more additional resources is performed by providing a first signal to a cluster of resources associated with the first resource. If the short range recruitment does not satisfy the local service target, a second signal is provided to a network resource controller for long range recruitment of one or more resources to satisfy the local service target.
Claims23
A method for meeting a local service target, comprising:
- receiving a local measurement regarding the local service target at a first resource;
- determining, at the first resource, an available output of the first resource cannot meet the local service target;
- in response to determining the first resource cannot meet the local service target, providing, from the first resource, a first signal to a cluster of resources associated with the first resource requesting an output allocation from the cluster of resources toward meeting the local service target;
- determining whether the output allocation from the cluster of resources can meet the local service target;
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- in response to the output allocation from the cluster of resources not being able to meet the local service target, providing a second signal from one or more of the first resource and the cluster of resources to a network resource controller associated with the cluster of resources, wherein the network resource controller provides a signal to recruit one or more additional resources to provide additional output allocations to meet the local service target.
A method for meeting a local service target, comprising:
- receiving a local measurement regarding the local service target at a first resource;
- determining, at the first resource, an available output of the first resource cannot meet the local service target, wherein determining the available output of the first resource cannot meet the local service target includes determining at least one of an output of the first resource is saturated and the available output of the first resource is insufficient to meet the local service target;
- in response to determining the available output of the first resource cannot meet the local service target, providing, from the first resource, a first signal to a cluster of resources associated with the first resource requesting an output allocation from the cluster of resources toward meeting the local service target;
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- providing a second signal to one or more additional clusters of resources for additional output to meet the local service target in response to the cluster of resources not being able to meet the local service target.
A system for managing local service targets, comprising:
- a network resource controller;
- a number of clusters of resources in communication with the network resource controller, wherein each of the clusters of resources includes a plurality of resources in communication with one another within the respective cluster of resources;
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- each of the plurality of resources includes a local controller for managing an output of the corresponding resource in meeting a local service target, wherein each of the local controllers is configured to:
- receive a local measurement regarding the local service target for the corresponding resource in a first cluster of resources;
- output a first signal to one or more resources in the first cluster of resources to request an output allocation from the first cluster of resources toward meeting the local service target in response to an available output for the corresponding resource not being sufficient to meet the local service target;
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- output a second signal to the network resource administrator controller in response to the output allocation from the first cluster of resources not being able to meet the local service target.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.