Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20070255832
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<claim-text> A method for automatically configuring a local network in a windfarm, comprising the steps of <claim-text>(a) automatically assigning an IP address to a device connected to said local windfarm network, </claim-text><claim-text>(b) automatically receiving an identifier tag from said device, and </claim-text><claim-text>(c) relating the automatically assigned IP address of the device to a specific wind turbine in the windfarm which is identified by said identifier tag. </claim-text></claim-text>
plugs in a device, the ESLAM reports the customer's device MAC when it
sees it. The DHCP server records the MAC <=> IP binding." http://www.ieee802.org/3/efm/public/email/msg00516.html . Although the patent descriotion rejects the relevance of DHCP because of its use of an IP address "lease" mechanism, in fact DHCP permirs very long leases as wee as enabling client devices to renew leases. It therefore appears that this claim represents a non-standard recreation of long existing standards based handshakes and inventory methods found in ethernet networks (and probably some predecessor environments such as SNA.
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<claim-text> The method according to <claim-ref idref='CLM-00001'>claim 1</claim-ref>, wherein the identifier tag is the number or name of the specific wind turbine comprising said device. </claim-text>
<claim-text> The method according to <claim-ref idref='CLM-00001'>claim 1</claim-ref>, wherein the device sends the identifier tag on request. </claim-text>
<claim-text> The method according to <claim-ref idref='CLM-00001'>claim 1</claim-ref>, wherein the IP address is permanently assigned in step (a). </claim-text>
<claim-text> The method according to <claim-ref idref='CLM-00001'>claim 1</claim-ref>, wherein the IP address is dynamically assigned in step (a). </claim-text>
<claim-text> A method for automatic setup of a local network in a windfarm, comprising the steps of <claim-text>(a) automatically allocating IP addresses to a plurality of devices connected to said local windfarm network, </claim-text><claim-text>(b) automatically discovering a topology of said local windfarm network, </claim-text><claim-text>(c) automatically identifying at least one wind turbine subnetwork, </claim-text><claim-text>(d) receiving an identifier tag for said at least one wind turbine subnetwork, and </claim-text><claim-text>(e) relating the automatically allocated IP addresses of the devices comprised in that at least one wind turbine subnetwork to the wind turbine identified by said identifier tag. </claim-text></claim-text>
As noted above, addresses assigned by DHCP can be made either very long lived or permanent. more...
<claim-text> The method according to <claim-ref idref='CLM-00008'>claim 8</claim-ref>, wherein the step of discovering the topology of the network includes also the detection of the device numbers of the discovered devices. </claim-text>