Network system, coupling unit, and method for operating a network system
AssigneePhoenix Contact GmbH & Co.KG
InventorsMatthias WESSELMANN, Detlev KUSCHKE, Fabian CHRIST
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Abstract
A network system having a first network infrastructure comprising at least one network participant and at least one coupling unit via which the first network infrastructure is connected to a cloud computing infrastructure having at least one cloud computing-based application. The coupling unit is equipped and designed to emulate at least one additional network participant for the first network infrastructure by interacting with the cloud computing-based application, wherein data can be transmitted between the first network participant and the additional network participant of the first network infrastructure.
Claims18
A network system, comprising:
- a first network infrastructure having at least one first network participant that is configured as a control device;
- a cloud computing infrastructure having at least one cloud computing-based application;
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- a coupling unit having a first interface and a second interface,
- wherein the coupling unit is connected by means of the first interface to the first network infrastructure, and by means of the second interface to the cloud computing infrastructure,
- wherein, the coupling unit is equipped and designed to emulate at least one additional network participant for the first network infrastructure, in interaction with the cloud computing-based application of the cloud computing infrastructure, and
- wherein data can be transmitted between the at least first network participant and the additional network participant of the first network infrastructure.
A coupling unit for a network system, which comprises a first interface and a second interface, wherein the coupling unit can be connected by means of the first interface to a first network infrastructure, and by means of the second interface to a cloud computing infrastructure, and wherein the coupling unit is equipped and designed to emulate at least one network participant for the first network infrastructure, in interaction with a cloud computing-based application of the cloud computing infrastructure.
A method for operating a network system which has a first network infrastructure having at least one first network participant, comprising the following steps:
- providing a coupling unit according to the invention, which comprises a first interface and a second interface;
- connecting the first interface of the coupling unit to the first network infrastructure;
- connecting the second interface of the coupling unit to a cloud computing infrastructure having at least one cloud computing-based application;
- emulating an additional network participant for the first network infrastructure, through the coupling unit, in interaction with the cloud computing-based application;
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- transmitting data between the at least first network participant and the additional network participant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.