Path study and antenna locating systems and methods
AssigneeSchneider Electric Systems USA, Inc.
InventorsJames Redmond, Zackery Sobin
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Abstract
Method and system for automating a path study to establish a private network between an access point and a remote asset along an optimal path. A predictive model identifies potential communications paths between the access point and the remote asset based on site data. The potential communications paths each specifies at least one antenna parameter. The machine learning also includes selecting the optimal path from the potential communications paths based at least in part on the network performance requirements of the private network and predicted signal quality along the potential communications paths using the antenna parameter.
Claims22
A method of managing remote telemetry communications in a process control system, the process control system comprising a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) server configured to monitor telemetry data from a remote industrial asset and provide supervisory control via a private network, the private network comprising a plurality of data radios, the method comprising:
- receiving input representative of network performance requirements for the private network;
- retrieving site data from a site database in response to a request to perform a path study, wherein the site data stored in the site database comprises information relating to a designated area for establishing remote telemetry communications via the private network, and wherein the plurality of data radios of the private network comprises a data radio associated with the remote industrial asset and an access point associated with the SCADA server;
- executing machine learning to perform the path study for establishing the private network between the access point and the data radio associated with the remote industrial asset within the designated area, wherein the machine learning includes:
- executing a predictive model based on the retrieved site data to identify one or more potential communications paths between the access point and the data radio associated with the remote industrial asset, wherein the one or more potential communications paths each specifies at least one antenna parameter of the plurality of data radios of the private network;
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- selecting an optimal communication path from the one or more potential communications paths based at least in part on the network performance requirements of the private network and predicted signal quality along the potential communications paths, wherein the selected optimal communications path includes a location of at least one antenna within the designated area;
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- establishing remote telemetry communications on the private network via the antenna between the access point and the data radio associated with the remote industrial asset within the designated area along the optimal communication path.
An automation system comprising:
- a private network having a plurality of data radios, each of the data radios having an antenna coupled thereto;
- a remote industrial asset coupled to the private network;
- a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) server configured to monitor telemetry data from the remote industrial asset and provide supervisory control via the private network, wherein the plurality of data radios of the private network comprises a data radio associated with the remote industrial asset and an access point associated with the SCADA server;
- a site database storing information relating to a designated area for establishing remote telemetry communications via the private network;
- a path study processor coupled to the site database, the path study processor receiving input representative of network performance requirements for the private network and retrieving site data from the site database in response to a request to perform a path study;
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- a memory device storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the path study processor, configure the path study processor for:
- executing machine learning to perform the path study for establishing the private network between the access point and the data radio associated with the remote industrial asset within the designated area, wherein the machine learning includes:
- executing a predictive model based on the retrieved site data to identify one or more potential communications paths between the access point and the data radio associated with the remote industrial asset, wherein the one or more potential communications paths each specifies at least one antenna parameter of the plurality of data radios of the private network;
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- selecting an optimal communication path from the one or more potential communications paths based at least in part on the network performance requirements of the private network and predicted signal quality along the potential communications paths, wherein the selected optimal communications path includes a location of at least one antenna within the designated area;
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- establishing remote telemetry communications on the private network via the antenna between the access point and the data radio associated with the remote industrial asset within the designated area along the optimal communication path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.