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US 6,205,362 B1Granted
Constructing applications in distributed control systems using components having built-in behaviors
AssigneeAgilent Technologies, Inc.
InventorJohn C. Eidson
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Abstract
A distributed control system including self-organizing components which are preselected on the basis of built in behaviors which are needed to perform a particular application. The built in behaviors enable the components to automatically self-organize and perform the application once coupled to the network.
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A method for constructing an application in a distributed control system, comprising the steps of:
- providing a set of available components each having at least one built in behavior associated with the distributed control system;
- selecting a set of components for performing the application from among the available components based on the needs of the application;
- design a topology for communication among the components based on one or more groupings of the components for the application;
- wherein the step of designing a topology for communication among the components comprises the step of designing a topology such that at least one subset of the components are connected to a communication sub-set.
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A method for constructing an application in a distributed control system, comprising the steps of:
- providing a set of available components each having at least one built in behavior associated with the distributed control system;
- selecting a set of components for performing the application from among the available components based on the needs of the application;
- designing a topology for communication among the components based on one or more groupings of the components for the application wherein the step of designing a topology for communication among the components comprises the step of designing a topology such that at least one subset of the components are connected to a communication sub-net.
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