公开(公告)号：US20180027462A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-25

申请号：US15217374

申请日：2016-07-22

Applicant: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： JOHN P CASPERS ,  PATRICK D TELLJOHANN

IPC: H04W36/08 ,  H04W36/00

CPC classification number: H04W36/08 ,  H04L41/0806 ,  H04L41/12 ,  H04L41/14 ,  H04W36/0061 ,  H04W36/0083

Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus for bidirectional network geography delivery are disclosed. The methods include receiving a reference subnet network geography from a main network device, storing the received reference subnet network geography, retrieving an actual subnet network geography of a subnet network, comparing the reference subnet network geography to the actual subnet network geography and determining if they are compatible, and commissioning the subnet network based on the received reference subnet network geography when the received reference subnet network geography is compatible with the actual subnet network geography of the subnet network. The methods also include retrieving an actual subnet network geography of a subnet and sending it a main network device, causing it to become a new reference subnet network geography and sending the new reference subnet network geography to a main network device.