fiber enables santa clara ’s “smart” wireless wan
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IEEE Communications Society - SCV Chapter. Fiber enables Santa Clara ’s “Smart” Wireless WAN. Larry Owens Manager of Customer Services December 14, 2011. Agenda. Silicon Valley Power Backbone made of glass An Enterprise is born If you build it… SVP MeterConnect TM Why Wi-Fi? Smart 3. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Fiber enables Santa Clara ’s “Smart” Wireless WAN
Larry OwensManager of Customer ServicesDecember 14, 2011
IEEE Communications Society - SCV Chapter
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Agenda → Silicon Valley Power
→ Backbone made of glass
→ An Enterprise is born
→ If you build it…
→ SVP MeterConnectTM
→ Why Wi-Fi?
→ Smart3
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Silicon Valley PowerThe City of Santa Clara
→ Population 117,000
→ 19 Square miles
→ 52,000 customers
→ Peak load of 470 MW
→ $300M annual revenue
→ 1% of the State’s powerLowest average power rate in CaliforniaVery, very high reliability
~30% renewable power
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Customer Base – FY 10-11• Agilent Technologies • Applied Materials• Digital Realty Trust• Equinix• Hitachi Data Systems• Intel• Kaiser• Marvel Semiconductor• Microsoft• National Semiconductor (TI)• Nvidia• Oracle America• Owens Corning• Santa Clara University• Savvis • Vishay Siliconix• Yahoo!
KWh Sales by Type
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Backbone made of glass!
→ 26 fiber miles, 4 rings
→ Connecting all SVP substations
→ Two customers
→ 10 or 20-year lease terms
→ Project, not a “program”
→ A “champion” from Admin working in spare time.
→ Word-of-mouth marketing
2000
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→ 57-mile Dark Fiber Network
→ In 25 Data centers (the cloud)
→ Multiple rings/288-144 fibers
→ Central Operations Office
→ Flexible Leasing Terms
→ Competitive Pricing
→ Engineering and Design Services
→ Unlimited Capacity
→ Solid Security, Reliability
→ 24/7/365 Response
SVP Fiber Enterprise2011
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SVP Fiber Lease Customers→ Telecom service providers (fiber carriers)
→ Data centers/colocations
→ Web search company
→ Semiconductor manufacturer (fiber campus build)
→ Other Commercial customers
→ Santa Clara Unified School District (26 schools and hub)
→ City of Santa Clara
– Electric Utility Department (SVP)• Electric LAN/WAN and SCADA• AMI Project - SVP MeterConnectTM
– City IT/Communications Department
– Traffic and Public Safety
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Yuriy Piksaykin - Fiber accounting 12/2/12
If you build it, they will come
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→ Mechanical meters no longer produced→ Modern digital technology
• Accurate• Dependable• Wireless reading• Multi-channel measurement• Events, alarms, remote control
SVP MeterConnectTM
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SVP MeterConnectTM
Efficiencies For Utilities
→ Secure, remote meter reading
→ Power outage alerts for faster response
→ Power/water early problem detection
→ Grid loading analysis
→ More powerful customer service tools
→ Enables EV charging & Solar tracking
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SVP MeterConnectTM
Customer Benefits
→ Minimizes estimated bills
→ Stabilizes reading periods→ Reduces property intrusions→ Web portal
• Detailed usage charts and graphs• Projected Bill features• Email and/or text alerts• High-bill troubleshooting
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Wi-Fi Mesh
GIS
Outage Support
Advanced Meter
Systems
Electric/WaterMeter Mesh
Network
Utility Communications
Network
Fiber
Billing
Grid Monitor
Mobile Devices
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Backhaul: Why [Not] Wi-Fi?
The MetroFi experience (2004 – 2008)
→ Free Wi-Fi & sell ad space model
→ Metering? - not our business model
→ SVP Purchase of SkyPilot WAN
→ The Trilliant test (and marriage)
Santa Clara Free Wi-Fi → It’s ours -- for better, for worse→ Two years of operation→ It Works (mostly)→ Customer Love - Loathe it
14Base is all customers. Questions SM4a – SM4k.
Top desired features of Smart Grid
SVP Customers Love it
Free Wi-Fi !!
Few customers
want to give up control
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and customers loathe it…
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Old “SkyPilot” outdoor system New Tropos outdoor systemSouth Santa Clara Only
215 Access Points (AP)
City-wide Outdoor Network
600 Access Points
802.11b/g 2010’s b/g/n technology
< 30 APs/sq. mi. Up to 40 APs/sq. mi.
“Free” bandwidth limit of 1 Mbps “Free” bandwidth increased to 2 Mbps
10 gateways concentrated at 4 locations
21:1 AP to Gateway ratio
Over 60 distributed Gateway locations backhauled on SVP fiber
9:1 AP to Gateway ratio
RF output is at legal limit RF output is at the legal limit
AND can backhaul on two frequencies
Interference mitigation Advanced interference mitigation
Mounted only on street lights Street lights, traffic intersections and other strategic city locations
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Picocell Design Sample
Courtesy of LinkPath
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Project Timeline
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Residential Meters
Business Meters
Wi-Fi launch - Mar 2012~50 meter install - Nov 2011
Proof of ConceptField Validation
Lab/Field TestingPartial Network
InstallWi-Fi
AMI - Billing Systems Integration
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Smart City→ Smart Meters
– Usage data, improved service, conservation
→ Smart Grid – Grid monitor and control, energy management
→ Smart City (and Community)→ Mobile workforce→ Efficient service→ City monitor and control → Emergency response
Smart Grid
Smart3
Smart Meter
→ Free Wi-Fi• Visitors• Residents• Workers
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Thank you
!
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Extra Slides
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We will upgrade our technology to support widespread adoption of solar energy, smart appliances and electric vehicles.
We will follow a careful process and verify accuracy at every step.
We will protect your data and your privacy.
We will keep our system secure.
We will utilize tried-and-true meters deployed successfully in millions of homes and businesses worldwide.
We are committed to a fair resolution of any issues or concerns that arise.
The SVP MeterConnectTM Promise
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Old “cone” Wi-Fi radio
New Tropos Wi-Fi radio
What Customers Will See
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Security• Security issues are a threat to the entire IT space
• Stuxnet shows us that all systems can be vulnerable
• Smart Grid is both “wired” and wireless
• Biggest security issue remains at the staff/human
interface level.
• Active system monitoring and critical system
redundancy
• Design security and privacy into the system from the
start – and TEST IT!