Space-aware network switch
AssigneeJohnson Controls Technology Company
InventorsSheri L. Meyer, Radu M. Dorneanu, Mark L. Ziolkowski
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Abstract
A network switch includes a device interface configured to facilitate communication between the network switch and a plurality of building devices that serve a space, network routing circuitry configured to route network communications associated with the building devices in accordance with one or more network parameters, a control circuit configured to control the plurality of devices via the network communications to provide a plurality of space use cases for the space. and a network manager circuit configured to determine values for the one or more network parameters based on the plurality of space use cases for the space.
Claims20
A network switch, comprising:
- a device interface configured to facilitate communication between the network switch and a plurality of building devices that serve a space;
- network routing circuitry configured to route network communications associated with the building devices in accordance with one or more network parameters;
- a control circuit configured to control the plurality of devices via the network communications to provide a plurality of space use cases for the space;
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- a network manager circuit configured to determine values for the one or more network parameters based on the plurality of space use cases for the space.
A method, comprising:
- routing, at a network switch and in accordance with one or more network parameters, network communications associated with a plurality of building devices that serve a space;
- controlling, via the network communications, the plurality of building devices to provide a plurality of space use cases for the space;
- determining values for the one or more network parameters based on the plurality of space use cases for the space.
A building management system, comprising:
- a plurality of building devices configured to serve a space;
- a network switch communicably coupled to the network, the network switch comprising:
- network routing circuitry configured to route network communications associated with the building devices in accordance with one or more network parameters;
- a control circuit coupled to the network circuitry and configured to control the plurality of devices via the network communications to provide a plurality of space use cases for the space;
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- a network manager circuit coupled to the control circuit and configured to determine values for the one or more network parameters based on the plurality of space use cases for the space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.