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Brian Seal

Technical Executive

EPRI ICCS European Engagement

Summit

April 28th, 2015

Open, Interoperable

Advanced Metering

Project Set 161F

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Advanced Metering Research Program (161F)

Organized into Four Project Areas

Meters and

Devices

- Strategic, industry

leadership

- Bringing about the

marketplace options

that utilities need

Standards &

Interoperability

- Identifying and

proving system uses

- Documenting

algorithms for new

data uses

Optimizing

Value

- Laboratory performance

evaluations

- Finding limits,

vulnerabilities

- Lessons learned, sharing and

documenting approaches

- Field data gathering, working

with manufacturers

O&M, Best

Practices


Topics for Today

Meters as Open Application Platforms

Reference Code Implementations

Open Backhaul

PLC Performance Testing


Meters as “Open Application Platforms”

Product

• Examples: appliances,

automobiles, GPS

• Thought-of as a complete

package: software,

hardware, all in one

• All from one vendor

• Lifetime needs known at

the time of purchase

• Not upgradeable, or only

by the original vendor

Platform

• Examples: personal

computers, smart phones

• Thought-of as a supporting

foundation for applications, a

starting point

• Applications can come from

many sources

• New needs are determined

throughout the service life

• Owner/user upgradeable


Open Apps a Natural Evolution

Television Example

Analog Digital Platform

No one

can make

changes

Manufacturer

can make

changes

User can

make

changes


Hardware

Firmware

Open App Platform Ecosystem

Virtual Machine / Scripting

and CIM-Based API

Apps

Co

mm

iss

ion

s

App

App

App

Smart

Meter

Apps

Selects

Utility

Personnel

Open

Standard

Specification

UsesProduces

App

Developers

SW Dev

Tools

Develops

AMI Network

AMI

Headend

App

Download


Why Make Smart Grid Devices Platforms?

Advancements in microprocessor and memory technology

have made it practical

Advancements in connectedness and 2-way

communication technology have made it achievable

Need for cohesive & consistent behavior across mixed

devices and systems

Upgrading functionality over the service life (utility

equipment is long-life)

Enabling new system-level functionality

Fostering innovation


Smart Meter Open Applications

Project

• Meeting weekly to develop the open

platform specification for smart meters

• Other utilities and meter/AMI vendors

encouraged to join the project

• Working towards a demonstration


Compliance

Testing and

Certification of

the Platform

• Use a flexible development platform

• High performance and large memory,

useful for years of reference

development

• Widely available, inexpensive platform

Physical

Interface

Modules

• Retain flexibility of these

components –

manufacturer neutrality

• No code / minimal code

• Initiate, receive, route network messages

• Monitor & log activity

• Simulate various node types

User Interface for

Monitoring and

Testing

Developing Open Reference Communication CodeMeters, Access Points


Feature Wi-SUN G3-PLC

PHY Type 802.15.4g-2012 (RF) G3 OFDM PLC

MAC Layer Baseline IEEE 802.15.4e-2012 IEEE 802.15.4-2006

MAC Adaptation layer 6LowPAN 6LowPAN

Layer used for Routing Network MAC

Mesh Algorithm RPL [RFC6550] LOAD or LOAD-ng

IP Version IPv6 IPv6

Application Layer Unspecified – often ANSI C12 Typically DLMS/COSEM

Authentication 802.1X, 802.11i, EAP-TLS EAP-PSK

Encryption AES-128 CBC AES-128 EAX

Developing Open Reference Communication Code


Raspberry Pi as Development Platform

Raspberry Pi

“Meter” Platform


NAN

Open AMI Backhaul

• Lower layers are already standardized here

(fiber, cellular, etc.), IP based

• Project recommendation is to develop a standard

set of CIM or 61850-based application-layer

messages for backhaul and implement in a

reference software tool

• Applicable to existing systems

• Benefits:‒ Straight forward build-out of hybrid networks (multi-NAN)

‒ Enabling software-only companies, better competition

‒ Direct evaluation of vendor products against reference

tools

NAN

e.g. RF, PLC, etc.

FAN / Backhaul


PLC Performance Testing

North American utilities

performing in-situ testing, data

collection in a variety of real

world scenarios

2011-2012 2013-2014 2015-2016

Project with EdF R&D

Architecture design and

laboratory performance of

multiple chipsets

Project with Iberdrola and

GNF. Prime 1.4 Laboratory

assessment

Upcoming


Group Discussion


Together…Shaping the Future of Electricity


Meters

Collector / Access Points

HeadEnds

Reference Implementations

Hardware and Software Evaluation Tools

Meter Interfaces

Backhaul Interfaces

Enterprise Interfaces

Reference Platforms

Firmware

Apps

Collectors / Access Points

PC/Server Platform

Apps

HeadEnds

Firmware

Reference Platforms

Firmware

Apps

Meters

Physical Layers

Physical Layers

Physical Layer

Network Layer

Application Layer

Networking

Application Layers

Networking

Application Layers

Data Models Data Models Data Models

DLMS C12.19

COSEM C12.18,22

802.15.4gG3-PLC

MultiSpeakCIM

TCP/IP

3G/4G LTE Ethernet

TCP/IP

6LowPAN

Fiber

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