Communication resource optimization system leveraging production planning information

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12535798-B2
Application number	US-202318199491-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 19, 2023
Priority date	May 19, 2023
Publication date	Jan 27, 2026
Grant date	Jan 27, 2026

Abstract

A method for optimizing communication resource. The method may include substituting, by a processor, previous production line states associated with at least one production line to a default null state; and performing iteratively, by the processor: accessing production line information to obtain current production line state associated with the at least one production line; for each of the at least one production line: determining if previous production line state matches current production line state, for previous production line state not matching current production line state: accessing device information to retrieve IP address list of devices associated with production line, accessing quality of service (QOS) association information to retrieve QoS level for each of the devices, and creating pairings of IP address and QoS level in QoS configuration information for each device of the devices based on the IP address list and the QoS association information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for optimizing communication resource, the method comprising:
substituting, by a processor, previous production line states associated with at least one production line to a default null state; and performing iteratively, by the processor:
accessing production line information to obtain current production line state associated with the at least one production line;
for each of the at least one production line:
determining if previous production line state matches current production line state,
for previous production line state not matching current production line state:
accessing device information to retrieve IP address list of devices associated with production line,
accessing quality of service (Qos) association information to retrieve QoS level for each of the devices, and
creating pairings of IP address and QoS level in QoS configuration information for each device of the devices based on the IP address list and the QoS association information;

for previous production line state of any of the at least one production line not matching associated current production line state:
inputting QoS configuration information into a SO network manager to allocate resources in a 5G communication network by configuring the 5G network based on the QoS configuration information;
substituting the previous production line states with the current production line states; and
resting by a predetermined period.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
for the previous production line states matching the current production line states:
resting by the predetermined period.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein accessing production line information to obtain current production line state associated with the at least one production line comprises:
accessing, for each of the at least one production line, first production line state from the production line information; accessing, for each of the at least one production line, second production line state from the device information; accessing, for each of the at least one production line, QoS levels associated with the first production line state and the second production line state from the QoS association information; and setting, for each of the at least one production line, a production line state with higher Qos level from the first production line state and the second production line state as current production line state.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein accessing quality of service (Qos) association information to retrieve QoS level for each of the devices comprises:
accessing the production line information to determine production progress of production line; accessing the QoS association information to retrieve QoS level for each of the devices associated with production line; and for production progress having a delayed state, allocating a QoS level higher than the retrieved QoS level for each of the devices associated with production line.

5 . The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the production line information is stored in a manufacturing execution system (MES), the device information is stored in a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system, and the QoS association information is stored in a QoS orchestrator.

6 . A system for optimizing communication resource, the system comprising:
a network; a network manager in communication with the network, the network manager comprises a processor for configuring the network; a manufacturing execution system (MES), wherein the MES stores production line information associated with at least one production line, the production line information comprises current production line state associated with the at least one production line: a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system, wherein the SCADA system stores device information associated with the at least one production line, the device information comprises IP address list of devices associated with the at least one production line; a quality of service (Qos) orchestrator, wherein the QoS orchestrator stores Qos association information for each of the devices associated with the at least one production line; and wherein the processor configures the network using the production line information, the device information, and the QoS association information, and is configured to: substitute previous production line states associated with at least one production line to a default null state; and perform iteratively:
access production line information to obtain current production line state associated with the at least one production line;
for each of the at least one production line:
determine if previous production line state matches current production line state,
for previous production line state not matching current production line state:
access device information to retrieve IP address list of devices associated with production line;
access quality of service (QoS) association information to retrieve QoS level for each of the devices, and
create pairings of IP address and QoS level in QoS configuration information for each device of the devices based on the IP address list and the QoS association information:

for previous production line state of any of the at least one production line not matching associated current production line state:
input QoS configuration information into a SO network manager to allocate resources in a SG communication network by configuring the SC network based on the QoS configuration information;
substitute the previous production line states with the current production line states; and
rest by a predetermined period.

7 . The system of claim 6 , further comprising
for the previous production line states matching the current production line states:
rest the processor by the predetermined period.

8 . The system of claim 6 , wherein accesses production line information to obtain current production line state associated with the at least one production line comprises:
accesses, for each of the at least one production line, first production line state from the production line information; accesses, for each of the at least one production line, second production line state from the device information: accesses, for each of the at least one production line, QoS levels associated with the first production line state and the second production line state from the QoS association information; and sets, for each of the at least one production line, a production line state with higher Qos level from the first production line state and the second production line state as current production line state.

9 . The system of claim 6 , wherein accesses quality of service (Qos) association information to retrieve QoS level for each of the devices comprises:
accesses the production line information to determine production progress of production line; accesses the QoS association information to retrieve QoS level for each of the devices associated with production line; and for production progress having a delayed state, allocates a QoS level higher than the retrieved QoS level for each of the devices associated with production line.

Assignees

• Hitachi Ltd

Inventors

• Yunoki Shoji
• Ishii Daisuke
• Ueta Taisuke

Classifications

• G05B2219/32361

  Master production scheduling · CPC title

• G05B19/41835 Primary

  characterised by program execution · CPC title