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ABB Telecom Support for remote operation

Kjell Arne Gjerde


Remote operation

Ongoing discussions in several parts of the world, to move equipment and functions from offshore to onshore

Remote onshore control room

Remote technical expertise

Location of equipment onshore

Remote control of the Telecom offshore infrastructureOperation by onshore operators

Remote configuration

Remote diagnostic (alarm collection)

The main driver for Telecom is the moving of control rooms and support functions from offshore to onshore


Moving of control rooms and support functions

ABB has seen from many RFQ’s, a requirement for Telecom to support moving of the following functions:

Central Control Room → Emergency Control Room

Drilling Support Centre

Hotel booking (Living Quarters logistics)

Radio Operator (radio and PABX dispatch)

Marine Control Centre (supply vessel management and general surveillance of sea areas)

Technical support centre (pool of telecom engineers located onshore to serve offshore installations)

Moving of computer farms (servers) to central locations


Impact for the Telecom systems

All systems must be designed from the start to support remote operation, even systems that only exists offshore

Two main drivers:

Remote configuration and maintenance

Remote operation from users onshore

All systems must be able to give alarm outputs in some form (discrete I/O, or SNMP)

Systems that need remote operation need to be able to communicate over a common infrastrucure (IP, E1/T1)

The Telecom infrastructure must be able to support all traffic, and have sufficient availability to guarantee remote operation


Remote operation impact for Telecom systems Telecom management system

Regulations in the North Sea area (Norsok) defines a system for surveillance of all Telecom systems:

For telecommunication installations, there shall be a central system for presentation of alarms to operators ,i.e. the CCR operator. For installation with no specialists on telecommunication, facilities for remote diagnostics shall be available.

All telecommunication equipment shall have alarm output via a standard interface compatible with the central system for alarm collection

Norsok T-001 and T-100



Functions:

Shall act as an umbrella application for all Telecom systems

Shall be able to export alarm information to the automation system, i.e into the CCR operator workstation alarm lists

The TMS system shall contain:

Vendor spesific configuration and maintenance tools

Gathering of alarm status

Have a graphical user interface (GUI)

Shall support local and remote users (WEB)

Shall support user rights (be able to have different security levels for logon)

Shall support 3. rd party logon (by the supplier or manufacturer)



ABB TMS :Not many systems available with this functionality (HPoV, SNMPc..)

In order to fulfill the requirements, it must be possible to make add-ons and customization

ABB has chosen Nimbus as the platform for our offerings;

Has an open interface (software development kit – SDK)

ABB Telecom has software development resources that tailor the alarm functions to our needs:

OPC export

Discrete Alarm Handler

SNMP support for all our preferred vendors






Remote operation impact for Telecom systems Radio switch

The radio switch act as an mediator with switchboard functionality between different radios and other voice frequencies like;

VHF FM, VHF AM, UHF FM, UHF TETRA

Public address system

PABX

The radio switch communication between gateways and operators are via TCP/IP (multicast), enabling remote operation

The radio switch also contain legal and instant voice recorder functionality if required

All access panels are PC based touch screens, in two variants



Functions:Graphical user interface

Possible to make customization

Can support emegrency operation

Can support CCTV integration

Can support hotlines

The product that ABB offeres is developed by SAAB and ABB together

The radio switch is designed for normal operation, the radio switch will not be used as GMDSS or emergency radio (Ex)



VHF UHF Tetra

Telephone

PAGA

Hotline

Media serverManagement server

Network

AERORadio

Onshore Offshore



Recording and playback of voice messages

Pre-defined messages



Remote control of radios

Dispatch functionality



Hotline

Telephone



CCTV control

Emergency functionality




Remote operation impact for Telecom systems CCTV

There are today two main technologies for CCTV:

Analogue

Minimum time delay

Digital

Communicates over Ethernet, made for remote operation

Systems must be designed for different application, like drilling, status (valve), or security.

Remote operation usually introduces time delay, and are therefore regarded as part of a digital system

Hybrid systems can be offered, i.e. Analogue onboard the platform, and digital streaming to shore



Functions:

Nearly all Ex cameras are today analogue, using hybrid cable from a central location

New Ex cameras will have PoE and built in digital codec, but can not be used in all applications

Important to define functionality, and divide functionality for different applications

New trend of using 3.rd party software for control, view, and recording of cameras

Possible to integrate CCTV into the automation system

Typical bandwidth requirements are 2-4 Mb/s per camera dependant on quality and the codec used



ABB offers cameras from:Pelco

Hernis

Bosch

And many more..

ABB uses control software from :

Indigovision

Pelco

Bosch

Nihle

And many more..

800xA Server(s)

800xA Client(s)

VideONet Server(s)

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IP

DVRMatrix NVR

IP

IP

IP

IP

IP

IP

IP

AnalogueComposite Video

Serial controlTCP/IP

Monitor(s)


Remote operation impact for Telecom systems Transmission systems

Remote operation relies on high availability telecom infrastructure that gives sufficient bandwidth for all applications

Remote operation and safety related systems require a minimum availability

Many different technologies, dependant on available infrastructure (Radiolink, Fiber, Satellite)

Some systems will require main and backup alternatives to guarantee network availability

Choice of technology will depend on : capacity, topology, media, standard to be used, restoration time, delay and more..



ABB has some preferred vendors for transmission systems:

Fiber:

PDH NSN

SDH/SONET NSN, Alcatel

DWDM: NSN, Transmode

Radio link: Nera, NSN

Satellite: SeaTel, Codan



NSN (Noikia) PDH systems

ABB is a VAR for NSN

E1 primary mux

Complete portefolio

High availability








Remote operation

Systems must be designed with remote operation in mind

Capacity

Availability

Maintenance

Other telecom systems that can be located onshore:

Entertainment

Central PABX

Central radio switch

LAN and computer network components (servers)

And more..


Remote operation - Example

Valhall – BP, Norway

3 different routes from the field to BP main office in Stavanger

Relies heavily on 3. party service providers

Operation modes depend on availability (traffic lights)

Entertainment from onshore ISP – streaming media

High capacity network, using DWDM technology


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