公开(公告)号：US10008852B2

公开(公告)日：2018-06-26

申请号：US14935559

申请日：2015-11-09

Applicant: SOCPRA SCIENCES ET GÉNIE S.E.C.

Inventor： Philippe Mabilleau ,  Simon Ayoub

IPC: H02J3/00 ,  G05B15/02 ,  F24H7/00 ,  H02J13/00 ,  H04L12/24 ,  H04L12/801 ,  H04L12/28 ,  G05D23/19 ,  F24D19/10

CPC classification number: H02J3/005 ,  F24D19/1006 ,  F24H7/00 ,  G05B15/02 ,  G05D23/1905 ,  H02J13/00 ,  H02J13/0079 ,  H04L12/2825 ,  H04L12/2834 ,  H04L41/0654 ,  H04L41/12 ,  H04L47/12 ,  Y02B30/762 ,  Y02B70/325 ,  Y02B70/3275 ,  Y04S20/228 ,  Y04S20/244

Abstract: A load management method for controlling a plurality of distributed community loads with a plurality of controllers. The controllers are connectable to a network and the distributed community loads are connectable to a power grid. The loads are controllable by a corresponding one of the controllers according to a local need and a power grid supply or a community need of the loads. A network node device adapted to communicate with other node devices of a same community within an overlay network topology system. The system has a plurality of node devices organized in a number of hierarchically linked rings. The plurality of node devices of a same ring is interconnected in groups of node devices. One of the node devices is a parent node for linking the node devices of a first ring to node devices of a second ring at another hierarchy by being a parent node to both first and second rings.