Honeywell international inc. (20240414068). DECENTRALIZED NETWORK DISCOVERY FOR INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS
DECENTRALIZED NETWORK DISCOVERY FOR INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS
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Inventor(s)
Harshal S. Haridas of Jamison PA (US)
Lonnie Walker of West Chester PA (US)
Doreen West of Dresher PA (US)
Nofal Aamir of Collegeville PA (US)
DECENTRALIZED NETWORK DISCOVERY FOR INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20240414068 titled 'DECENTRALIZED NETWORK DISCOVERY FOR INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS
Original Abstract Submitted
a method and apparatus for discovering and displaying a graphical representation of a plurality of network devices connected to a communication network comprises a control network module coupled to the plurality of network devices. a first component of a control network module captures attribute data from the network devices. a second component of the control network module constructs a switch data table identifying a media access control address for each port of a communication network switch associated with each of the plurality of network devices. the second component uses the attribute data and the switch data table to construct a neighbor data table for the plurality of network devices connected to the communication network. a third component of the control network module uses the neighbor data table to construct a neighboring device table and build the graphical representation of the communication network on a display device.