Method and arrangement for control data exchange of an industrial edge device

US11652796B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Gunther Birk · Erlangen, DE
• Markus Höfele · Mannheim, DE
• Peter Kob · Heroldsberg, DE
• Rolf Schrey · Mönchengladbach, DE
• Armin Zeltner · Weisendorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 23, 2020
• Grant date: May 16, 2023
• Expiry date: Jun 29, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L41/22
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method and edge device for controlling data exchange of an industrial edge device with an industrial automation arrangement and a data cloud, wherein the edge device includes a first communication connection to the industrial automation arrangement and a second communication connection to a network of the data cloud, where the edge device includes applications exchanging data, and where the edge device includes a control device to control the data to be exchanged, wherein whether data exchange of an application is controlled via the first communication connection and the data exchange is implemented directly via the second communication connection or vice versa is defined for each application, where a data flow control device ensures simultaneous direct data exchange by an application via both communication connections does not occur, such that rigorous checking of applications or containers within the applications with respect to data security is not required.