broadband plc

Overview of broadband powerline communications

Jean-Philippe Faure, CEO Progilon Senior consultant at Panasonic System Networks Director Technology Standards at HD-PLC Alliance

January 23, 2015

Biography of Mr Jean-Philippe Faure Founder and CEO of Progilon, consultancy company operating in the Power Line Communications sector since 1994 IEEE activities ! Founding Chair of the IEEE P1901 working group, representing

Panasonic (since 2005) ! Member of the IEEE-SA Standards Board (since 2011) ! Chair of the IEEE ComSoc PLC Standards Committee (since 2012) ! Member of the IEEE ComSoc Standards Development Board (since 2010) Other activities ! Founding Chair of the IEC-CISPR group on EMC for BPL (2005-2010) ! Member of CENELEC and ETSI committees ! Consultant for the European Commission: evaluator and reviewer of R&D

projects ! Leading positions in collaborative R&D projects

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Agenda

Powerline Communications ! IEEE Standards ! Smart applications (courtesy of the HD-PLC Alliance www.hd-plc.org)

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Agenda

Powerline Communications ! IEEE Standards ! Smart applications (courtesy of the HD-PLC Alliance www.hd-plc.org)

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IEEE PLC Standards Committee

Pioneer Standard Applications

Integration

Implementation

IEEE 1901 Broadband over Power Line MAC/PHY Layers

IEEE 2030 : Guide for Smart Grid Interoperability

IEEE 1909.1 : Recommended Practice for Smart Grid Communication Equipment

IEEE 1901.2 : Low Frequency/ Narrow Band PLC for Smart Grid Applications

IEEE 1905.1 : Convergent Digital Home Network for Heterogeneous Technologies

2010 2011 2012

Wide scope In-home Access Smart Grid Transportation

2013 2014

IEEE 2030.5 : Adoption of Smart Energy Profile 2.0

SCOPE

IEEE1901 is targeting variety of applicationsAV/ PC Entertainment

In home SmartGrid: Energy management Access BPL

Out side Home

Transportation System Cabin Entertainment System

Digital Signals in the Train EV-HAN

Communication

Scope of IEEE 1901 Wide Range Scope

1) In-Home Broadband over Powerline PHY&MAC 2) Access Broadband over Powerline PHY&MAC 3) PHY&MAC for Transportation System 4) Coexistence among different PLC systems

About 350 experts from over 100 world leading companies and Institutes jointly developed IEEE1901 standard.

IEEE 1901 - 2010

! IEEE Standard for Broadband over Power Line Networks: Medium Access Control and Physical Layer Specifications

! High performance 500 Mbps class (PHY rate) Robustness to noise / large coverage (RS-CC, Turbo code or LDPC) Quality of Service compatible with IPTV, VoIP and real time audio

(TDMA and CDMA)

Security (Authentication, AES128 encryption) ! Coexistence: Inter System Protocol (ISP)

ISP allows allows four non-interoperable PLC systems to coexist Time and frequency division

! Standard supported by the HD-PLC Alliance and the HomePlug Alliance

IEEE 1901 in the NIST SGIP Catalog of Standards

(1) IEEE 1901 : IEEE international standard for BPLC (HD-PLC is conformant) (2) IEEE 1901 ISP / ITU-T G.9972: BPLC Coexistence mechanism (HD-PLC is conformant) (3) NIST IR 7862 : NIST Recommendation about Coexistence Mandatory Coexistence

NIST SGIP (National Institute of Standards, Smart Grid Interoperability Panel) approved the following PLC standards as a part of SGIP Catalog of Standards on Jan 31, 2013:

NIST SmartGrid

Coexistence Protocol for different PLCs

G.9960 (G.hn)

IEEE 1901 Wavelet OFDM

IEEE 1901 FFT OFDM

Others (Future)

PLC

Coexistence

ISP (Inter-System Protocol)

Key Point

( http://collaborate.nist.gov/twiki-sggrid/bin/view/SmartGrid/WebHome)

In order to be compliant with NIST SGIP, it is mandated that all BB-PLC technologies operating over powerlines implement and activate ISP coexistence protocol ( i.e. be always on)

IEEE 1905.1 - 2013

HD-PLC

Abstraction Layer for Unifying Wired and Wireless Home Networks

IEEE 1905.1 - 2013

Key features and benefit ! Ease of Use: Common setup procedures ! Aggregated Throughput ! Load Balancing: Intelligently distribute

multiple video streams over different paths to limit congestion and maintain reliability

! QoS: Uniformed prioritized QoS over multiple technologies

! Security: P1905 allows devices to be configured the same way with a simple button push

! Advanced Diagnostics

1901

802.11

Multipath delivery:

1901

802.11

802.11

Tablet

Range Extension:

IEEE 1905.1a - 2014

Amendment to 1905.1 - 2013 Generic way to include additional MAC/PHYs, e.g: ! ITU-T G.hn and G.hnem ! HD-PLC 3 inside ! HomePlug AV2 ! IEEE 1901.2 Narrow band PLC ! HomePNA ! MoCA2.0 ! Zigbee ! Bluetooth Other improvements

IEEE 2030.5 - 2013

Adoption of Smart Energy Profile 2.0 Application Protocol Standard ! Specifications prepared by the ZigBee Alliance ! Fully compatible with HD-PLC ! Adoption in IEC under consideration for under the IEC/IEEE

Dual Logo Agreement

Revision started in 2014

IEEE 1901.2 - 2013

Standard for Low Frequency (less than 500 kHz) Narrow Band Power Line Communications for Smart Grid Applications Scope ! Frequency below 500 kHz ! Indoor and outdoor ! Low and medium voltage ! Communication through MV-LV transformers

Main applications ! Grid to utility meter ! Electric vehicle to charging station ! Home area networking communications

IEEE 1909.1 - 2014

Recommended Practice for Smart Grid Communication Equipment -Test methods and installation requirements Scope ! Recommendations for testing and installing smart grid

communication equipment

! Based on national and international standards available ! All parts of the grid: generation, transmission and distribution

Need ! Lack of experience about standards applicable to communication

equipment to be installed in the smart grid

Agenda

Powerline Communications ! IEEE Standards ! Smart applications (courtesy of the HD-PLC Alliance www.hd-plc.org)

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Smart grid / smart metering

Narrow band PLC is sufficient for simple metering systems: meter reading + transmission of prices Managing smart homes with power generation (solar, combined heat pumps, energy storage) and controllable loads (e.g., appliances) or e-car charging stations required broadband communication such as IEEE 1901

Broadband PLC provides real-time connectivity within the utility

Smart grid / smart metering

IEEE 1901 can also be used for broadband communications over medium voltage lines IEEE 1901 enables the operation of the smart grid infrastructure

SCADA data Distribution automation Distributed energy

management and High control (DER, storage, PEV)

Video surveillance Voice

IEEE 1901 provides a cost-effective backhaul of AMI data

Other examples of smart applications

Elevator system Industrial Robot Caring Facility / Hospital Smarter Greenhouse Intelligent street lighting For details please contact the HD-PLC Alliance at www.hd-plc.org

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Thank you

Contact information

Jean-Philippe Faure jean-philippe.faure@progilon.com

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