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Power Line Carrier:IEC standards in operation

Thomas Schaub

Landis+Gyr

Switzerland

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The nice thing about standards isthat there are so many of them to choose from.

Andrew S. Tanenbaum

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Data ManagementData Management

ResidentialMeterResidentialMeter

• PLC

Internet• FTP• SMTP• SSL• XML

PSTNGSMInternet• GPRS•

Customer

Common standards for AMR

Sales

PowerExchange

Ad - Hoc:- Fax,- Excel,- ...

Manufacturer specific:- SCTM,- LSV1,- FNP- ...IEC 62056

Electronic Data InterchangeFor AdministrationCommerce and Transport

EDIFACT

UNGridIndustryMeter

GridIndustryMeter

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... but where are

the Power Line Carrier standards ?

The Powerline Carrier Carrier (PLC) standards

are called

Distribution Line Carrier (DLC) standards

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IEC TC57:power systems management and associated information exchange

Market Operation Apps

60870-6-503 App Services

SCADA Apps EMS Apps DMS Apps Engineering & Maintenance Apps

External IT Apps

Data Acquisition and Control Front-End / Gateway / Proxy Server / Mapping Services / Role-based Access Control

61850-8-1 Mapping to MMS

TC13 WG14 Meter

Standards

61334

60870-5 101 &

104

61970 Component Interface Specification (CIS) and 61968 SIDMS for Enterprise Application Integration (EAI, EII, and ETL)

61970 / 61968 Common Information Model (CIM)

Inter-Application Messaging Middleware (specified in XML; mapped to appropriate protocols)

61850 Substation

Devices

61850 IED Field Devices & Distribution

Feeders

60870-6 TASE.2

Other Control Centers

60870-5 RTUs or

SubstationSystems

IEDs, Relays, Meters, Switchgear, CTs, VTs

End

-to-

End

Sec

urity

Sta

ndar

ds a

nd R

ecom

men

datio

ns (

wor

k in

pr

ogre

ss)

IEC TC57 Reference Architecture

External Systems (Symmetric client/server

protocols)

Specific Communication Services Mappings

Specific Object Mappings

Application Interfaces

Equipment And System Interfaces

Telecontrol Communications

Media and Services

Communication Industry Standard Protocol Stacks (ISO/TCP/IP/Ethernet)

XML Messaging

(work in progress)

Protocol Profiles

XML Messaging

External Systems

WAN Communications

Media and Services

Field Devices

Utility Customers Energy Market

Participants

Other Businesses

Utility Service

Providers

Net

wor

k, S

yste

m, a

nd D

ata

Man

agem

ent

(fut

ure)

TC13 WG14

*Notes: 1) Solid colors correlate different parts of protocols within the architecture. 2) Non-solid patterns represent areas that are future work, or work in progress, or related work provided by another IEC TC.

61850-7-2 ACSI

61850-7-3, 7-4 Object Models

Customer Meters

Peer-to-Peer 61850 over Substation bus and Process bus

60870-6-802 Object Models

60870-6-703 Protocols

Field Object Models

Application To Application (A2A) and Business To Business

(B2B) Communications

IEC 61334 Series:Distribution Automation using Distribution Line Carrier Systems

Field devices:IEC TC13Customer meters

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DLC (PLC) Standards:

IEC 61334 Series

S-FSK61334-5-1

FSK61334-5-2

61334- 4-32

61334-41

• modulation• repeatering scheme• error control

• Addressing• Reporting mechanism

Network ManagementDetection of new stationsPlug and Play

• Read/Write services• Data formats

N uméro de référenceReference numberCEI/IEC 1334-4-41

NORMEINTERNATIONALE

INTERNATIONAL STANDARD

CEIIEC

62056-62Première édition

First edition1996-07

DATA EXCHANGE FOR METER READING, TARIFF AND LOAD MANAGEMENT

INTERFACECLASSES

IEC 62056

N uméro de référenceReference numberCEI/IEC 1334-4-41

NORMEINTERNATIONALE

INTERNATIONAL STANDARD

CEIIEC

62056-62Première édition

First edition1996-07

DATA EXCHANGE FOR METER READING, TARIFF AND LOAD MANAGEMENT

INTERFACECLASSES

IEC 62056

N uméro de référenceReference numberCEI/IEC 1334-4-41

NORMEINTERNATIONALE

INTERNATIONAL STANDARD

CEIIEC

62056-62Première édition

First edition1996-07

DATA EXCHANGE FOR METER READING, TARIFF AND LOAD MANAGEMENT

INTERFACECLASSES

IEC 62056

... and its applications for metering

Meter data modelsRegisters, Profiles, ...

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IEC 61134-5-1: S-FSK

Robust Modulation

frequencyf0 f1

Wideband Interferers

frequencyf0 f1

frequencyf0 f1

filter

10

decision threshold

frequencyf0 f1

filter

1

0 decisionthreshold

Narrowband Interferers

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IEC 61134-5-1: Repetition with credit

Robust Repeatering

repetition creditPLC frame structure:

2

data

2

2

2 2 2

2

1

1 1

1

11 1

1 1 1

0

0

000 0

0000

LV network

concentrator

• no explicit addressing necessary-> no topology information, no adaptive algorithms

• supports broadcasting-> load shedding

• no explicit addressing necessary-> no topology information, no adaptive algorithms

• supports broadcasting-> load shedding

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It‘s all in a chip

S-FSK61334-5-1

61334- 4-32

S-FSK61334-5-1

S-FSK61334-5-1

61334- 4-3261334- 4-32

AMIS-30585 S-FSK PLC Modem

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Conclusion

IEC offers a complete set of standards for

advanced metering applications:

IEC 62056-61/62 data models forAMR, load control, tariff mgt, contract mgt, QOS, pre-payment, ...

IEC 61334PLC

IEC 62056-46PSTN

IEC 62056-46GSM/GPRS

IEC 62056-46Internet

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Advantages of using an IEC standard

Specifications are publically available

No hidden licence fees

Independent conformance test

Several equipment manufacturers

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... and finally

thank you foryour attention