Management of a reliable industrial control system via dedicated cellular network

Abstract

Communicating between components that are part of an IP network and a control device includes coupling the IP network to a dedicated cellular network, the control device communicating directly with network components of the dedicated cellular network, and transferring data between the components and the control device at a quality of service levels that corresponds to a quality of service level provided for voice communications in a non-dedicated cellular network. The IP network may include a cloud having core services that provide control signals to the control device. Quality of service parameters may be prioritized by an ICS management component of the core services of the cloud. The ICS management component may provide cellular network services parameters that are used to control the core services of the cloud and the quality of service parameters. A subset of resources of the dedicated cellular network may be reserved for industrial control systems.

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