Method and system for a collaborative protection mask for a wide area protection

A method for collaborative protection mask for a wide area protection, comprising:

• determining if a first pair of protection relays (R5 R6) in a first zone detects an occurrence of one fault for a first line (L3) from a first activation mask (activation mask DI) based on a first weighing factor for the first pair of protection relays in the first zone;
• determining if the first pair of protection relays in the first zone detects the occurrence of the one fault for the first line from a second activation mask (activation mask DII) based on a second weighing factor for the first pair of protection relays in the first zone;
• determining if a second pair of protection relays (R3 R8) in a second zone detects the occurrence of the one fault for the first line from the second activation mask (activation mask DII) based on a second weighing factor for the for the second pair of protection relays in the second zone;
• determining if the first pair of protection relays in the first zone detects the occurrence of the one fault for the first line from a third activation mask (activation mask DIII) based on a third weighing factor for the first pair of protection relays in the first zone;
• determining if the second pair of protection relays (R3 R8) in the second zone detects the occurrence of the one fault for the first line from the third activation mask (activation mask DIII) based on the third weighing factor for the for the second pair of protection relays in the second zone;
• determining if a third pair of protection relays (R1 R10) in a third zone detects the occurrence of the one fault for the first line from the third activation mask (activation mask DIII) based on the third weighing factor for the for the third pair of protection relays in the third zone;
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• perform one or more operations on the first pair of protection relays based on the determinations, the second pair of protection relays, and the third pair of protection relays in their respective zones.