Building Definition Language

The Communication Network Model shall represent physical and wireless communication paths connecting BIOS, Cartridges, sensors, controllers, robots, user systems, and external services.

Network Entities may include:

physical link;

wireless link;

switch;

router;

gateway;

access point;

protocol adapter;

controller;

edge computer;

cloud connection;

network segment.

Each Network shall define:

Network ID;

purpose;

medium;

topology;

protocols;

addressing;

bandwidth;

latency;

availability;

security class;

trust zone;

connected entities;

gateways;

redundancy;

offline behavior.

Example:

communication_network BIOS_Control_Network {

purpose: building_control;

security_zone: trusted_operational;

topology: segmented_star;

];

];

}

Communication relationships shall not imply control authority.

The model shall distinguish:

physically connected;

network reachable;

authenticated;

authorized;

subscribed;