DEVICE, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MANAGING INTER-DOMAIN COMMUNICATIONS OF A NETWORK NODE ASSIGNED TO THE DEVICE WITHIN A SOFTWARE-DEFINED PRODUCTION NETWORK SYSTEM

摘要

A device (10) for managing inter-domain communications of a network node (20) assigned to the device within a software-defined production network system is suggested. The software-defined production network system includes a plurality of subnets, each subnet being associated with one domain and including a plurality of network nodes. The device comprises an internal communication control unit (11) for controlling communication of the network node with a network node in the same subnet by communicating with an intra-domain control unit, and a gateway communication control unit (12) for controlling communication of the network node with a network node of another subnet by communicating with an inter domain control unit adapted to control resources in the software defined production network system. Further, a corresponding method and software-defined production network system are provided.