公开(公告)号：US20230208674A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-29

申请号：US17999656

申请日：2021-04-23

Applicant: Endress+Hauser Process Solutions AG

Inventor： Karl Büttner ,  Axel Eidmann ,  Benedikt Spielmann ,  Benjamin Schaupp ,  Martin Lohmann ,  Oliver Zwick ,  Harald Freimark

IPC: H04L12/40 ,  H04L43/12

CPC classification number: H04L12/40 ,  H04L43/12 ,  H04L2012/4026

Abstract: A field device of automation technology having a function for checking quality of a network connection includes an operating electronics and at least one communication interface for connecting to a communication network having one or more network participants and for building a communication connection, wherein a communication stack and a PHY are associated with the communication interface, wherein the communication stack and the PHY are embodied continually to gain and to store communication information regarding the communication connection, wherein the operating electronics is embodied to read out communication information from the communication stack and from the PHY, and by means of an algorithm to subject the communication information to computation and based on the result of the computation to classify a communication state.

公开(公告)号：US11916695B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-27

申请号：US17999656

申请日：2021-04-23

Applicant: Endress+Hauser Process Solutions AG

Inventor： Karl Büttner ,  Axel Eidmann ,  Benedikt Spielmann ,  Benjamin Schaupp ,  Martin Lohmann ,  Oliver Zwick ,  Harald Freimark

IPC: H04L12/40 ,  H04L43/12

CPC classification number: H04L12/40 ,  H04L43/12 ,  H04L2012/4026

Abstract: A field device of automation technology having a function for checking quality of a network connection includes an operating electronics and at least one communication interface for connecting to a communication network having one or more network participants and for building a communication connection, wherein a communication stack and a PHY are associated with the communication interface, wherein the communication stack and the PHY are embodied continually to gain and to store communication information regarding the communication connection, wherein the operating electronics is embodied to read out communication information from the communication stack and from the PHY, and by means of an algorithm to subject the communication information to computation and based on the result of the computation to classify a communication state.