Systems and methods to communicate data between devices of an electric power delivery system
AssigneeSchweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
InventorsEdmund O. Schweitzer, III, Miralem Cosic, Raymond W. Rice
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Abstract
A wireless radio repeater includes an antenna configured to receive a message associated with an electric power delivery system. The wireless radio repeater also includes circuitry configured to receive electrical measurement data, identify a condition of the electric power delivery system based on the electrical measurement data, and cause the antenna to re-transmit the message received via the antenna in response to identifying the condition based on the electrical measurement data.
Claims13
A wireless radio repeater, comprising:
- an antenna configured to receive a message associated with an electric power delivery system, the message including a first condition of the electric power delivery system;
- and
- circuitry configured to perform operations comprising:
- receiving electrical measurement data;
- identifying a second condition of the electric power delivery system based on the electrical measurement data;
- comparing the first condition from the received message with the second condition;
- when the first condition corresponds with the second condition, causing the antenna to re-transmit the message received via the antenna in response to identifying the condition based on the electrical measurement data;
- blocking receipt of incoming messages via the antenna while the second condition of the electric power delivery system is not identified based on the electrical measurement data;
- enabling receipt of the incoming messages via the antenna in response to identifying the second condition based on the electrical measurement data, wherein the antenna is configured to receive the message after enabling the receipt of the incoming messages via the antenna;
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- causing the antenna to re-transmit the message in response to the antenna receiving the message.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by processing circuitry, are configured to cause the processing circuitry to perform operations comprising:
- receiving a message associated with an electric power delivery system, the message including a first condition of the electric power delivery system;
- receiving electrical measurement data associated with an electric power delivery system;
- identifying a second condition of the electric power delivery system based on the electrical measurement data;
- comparing the first condition from the received message with the second condition;
- operating in a closed configuration to block receipt of incoming messages while the second condition of the electric power delivery system is not identified based on the electrical measurement data;
- operating in an open configuration to enable receipt of the incoming messages in response to identifying the second condition based on the electrical measurement data;
- receiving the message from the device of the electric power delivery system during operation in the open configuration;
- re-transmitting the message upon receiving the message during operation in the open configuration;
- and,
- when the first condition corresponds with the second condition, performing an action based on the message received from a device of the electric power delivery system in response to identifying the first condition of the electric power delivery system.
A system, comprising:
- a device configured to transmit a message indicative of a first condition associated with an electric power delivery system;
- a repeater configured to perform operations comprising:
- receiving the message transmitted by the device;
- receiving electrical measurement data;
- determining a second condition associated with the electric power delivery system
- verifying the message based on the coordination of the first condition and the second condition;
- and
- re-transmitting the message in response to verifying the message;
- and
- an additional repeater configured to perform operations comprising:
- receiving the message transmitted by the device;
- processing second electrical measurement data associated with a second distribution line in response to receiving the message;
- determining that the first condition indicated by the message is not indicated by the second electrical measurement data;
- and
- blocking re-transmission of the message in response to determining that the first condition indicated by the message is not indicated by the second electrical measurement data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.