Systems and methods for bidirectional network geography delivery

A network apparatus comprising:

• a processor and non-transitory computer readable medium storing processing instructions for bidirectional network geography delivery, wherein the processing instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
• receive, by the network apparatus, a reference subnet network geography from a device on a main network, wherein the reference subnet network geography comprises a complete set of reference device keys for all devices for the subnet network, and each reference device key comprises one or more device identifying attributes for a reference device in the subnet network and a reference device key component to enumerate a reference relative geographic location on the network;
• store the reference subnet geography;
• retrieve an actual subnet network geography of a subnet network, wherein the actual subnet network geography comprises a complete set of actual device keys for all devices in the subnet network, and each actual device key comprises one or more device identifying attributes of an actual device in the subnet network and an actual device key component to enumerate an actual relative geographic location on the network;
• compare the actual subnet network geography with the reference subnet network geography, and determine whether the actual subnet network geography is compatible with the reference subnet network geography;
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• commission the subnet network based on the received reference subnet network geography when the received reference subnet network geography is compatible with the actual subnet network geography of the subnet network.

A system comprising:

• a subnet network having devices;
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• a main network having devices;
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• a network apparatus having a processor and non-transitory computer readable medium storing processing instructions for bidirectional network geography delivery, wherein the processing instructions comprise:
• a subnet receiver to receive a reference subnet network geography from a device on a main network, wherein the reference subnet network geography comprises a complete set of reference device keys for all devices in the subnet network, and each reference device key comprises one or more device identifying attributes of a reference device in the subnet network and a reference device key component to enumerate a reference relative geographic location on the network;
• a subnet storage processor to store the received reference subnet geography;
• a subnet retriever to retrieve an actual subnet network geography of the subnet network, wherein the actual subnet network geography comprises a complete set of actual device keys for all devices in the subnet network, and each actual device key comprises one or more device identifying attributes of an actual device in the subnet network and an actual device key component to enumerate an actual relative geographic location on the network;
• a subnet comparator to compare the actual subnet network geography with the reference subnet network geography, and determine if the actual subnet network geography is compatible with the reference subnet network geography;
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• a subnet commissioner to commission the subnet network based on the received reference subnet network geography when the received reference subnet network geography is compatible with the actual subnet network geography of the subnet network.