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OpenWay Riva v2.0 Solution OverviewProprietary and Confidential 1

THE RIVA METER AND PLATFORM

3rd International Workshop on Non-Intrusive Load MonitoringNILM2016, May 14-15, 2016Robert Sonderegger, Director and Engineering Advisor, Itron, Inc.

1Itron Proprietary & Confidential



ITRON’sShareofGlobalMetering



TraditionalAMIvs.Riva/Act

TraditionalAMI:• Metersatedge:

• Metrologysamplingatmulti-kHzrates• DataAggregationto5,15,or60-minuteintervals

• Comms toBackOfficeviaFixedNetwork,PLCorRF-Mesh

Riva/Act:• Linux-basedPCboardatedgewithRAMandStorage:

• Metrologysamplingat4kHz,aggregatingto1-sec(currentV.)• MultipleApps,nativeand3rd partyrunningonLinux

• CommunicationtoBackOfficeand Peer-to-peer• IPv6addressable• DynamicallyoptimizedPLCandRF-Mesh



Overview– whatisRiva/ACTPlatform?

• Linux-basedcomputer(ARMCortexA8MPUmicroprocessorwithsecureboot,protectedmode)withmemory(128MB)andstorage(256MB)runningdownloadableApps

• IntegralCommunicationboardfeaturing:• IPV6addressability• FullyautomaticsupportofRFMeshandPLC• DLMS/COSEMcommunicationstandard

• Intendedtobematedtosensingdevicessuchas,butbynomeanslimitedto,meters(electric,gas,water,anything)

• AnyRiva-enableddevicecancommunicatewithanyotherRiva-enableddeviceonthenetwork

• ARiva-enablednetworkisamassivelydistributed,secure,computernetwork.

Riva:derivedfrom“Rive”(French),“Riva”(Italian),looselytranslatedas“Edge”(-computing)



RivacomesindifferentformfactorsThisboardis6.3"× 4.72"× 3.39"(160mm× 120mm× 86mm)

DesignedtofitinEuropean-style,“square”meters



RIVADeveloperKit

Same electronics as the single-board, but for independent developers of industrial IOT:

• Riva Edge Board

• Riva RF Daughter Board

• Riva PLC Daughter Board

Order your own today at https://itronriva.com/



AdaptiveCommunicationstechnology(ACT)• IntegraltoanyRivaboard,incorporatesRFandPLConthe

samechipsetandalternatesbetweenthemasneeded.

• Anyapplicationcancommunicatewithroutersorpeerdevicesaseasilyasanytwocomputersonanetwork.

• Standards-basedandprotectedbynetworkandapplicationlevelsecurity.

• Numberofdevicesatautility:100,000to10,000,000!

Shown here integrated into meter



Protocols

ProtocolsOverview§ Standardizationatalllevelstoensureinteroperabilityandreduce

technologyriskforutilities.§ Protocolsenablecommonapplicationlayerservicesovervarious

wiredandwirelesscommunicationtechnologies.Open Standards Reference Model

ACT Protocol



WhatistheOpenWayRivaSolution?§ Automated,widelydistributedenergydeliverynetwork.§ Two-wayflowofelectricityandinformation.§ Mergestheelectricalandintelligenceinfrastructures.§ Capableofmonitoring everything including:

§ Powerplants§ Occupancypatterns§ Homes,Premises§ Individualappliances

§ DistributedEdgecomputing andcommunications inone.

intelligence infrastructure

electrical infrastructure



ACTcommunicationpathsCiscoNMS

ItronSecurity Manager MDM

OpenWayCollection

Engine

OpenWay Operations Center

MeterData

Management

TwoHeadEnds§ Itron’sOpenWayOperationsCenter(OWOC)

§ CiscoNetworkManagementSystem(CG-NMS)



WhatDoesItronCurrentlyDowithItronRiva?

Non-IntrusiveLoadMonitoring?Real-timeNILMtodisaggregateintervaldatatoUtility?NILMongasmeterswithRivaboard?Enableyourowndevicetocommunicatewithpremises?

‘Location-Aware’ Meters and Grid

Devices

Outage Analysis and Grid Reliability

Localized Demand

Response and Load Control

Instantaneous Theft Detection and

Revenue Assurance

Connecting Smart Cities and IoT

WhatWillYou DowithItronRiva?



1-secDataAvailabletoAppsonRivaMeters

AnyAppdownloadedtoaRivaMeterhasreadyaccesstoreal-time,1-seconddata:• kW,kVA,kVAr,PowerFactor – byPhaseandTotal• Current(A)– byPhaseandNeutral• Voltage– byPhaseandintra-Phase• Temperature

Otherdevicesormetersonthenetworkcanalsobeaccessedtransparentlythroughsecure,peer-to-peercommunicationthatisintegraltoRivaBoard.



TypicalDatafromaRiva-enabledMeter



ImagineNILMwith1-seconddata!Samedataaspreviousslide,zoomed-in



Summary:WhatconstitutesRiva?

• ItronRivaBoard:circuitboardwith…• ISOM(ItronSystemOnModule):theHWplatformonwhich

OpenWayRivaisbased• MUSE(MeterUnifiedSoftwareEnvironment) : theLinux-based,

softwareframeworkthatrunsonISOM.• ACT(AdaptiveCommunicationsTechnology):UnifiedMeshRF,

PLC,WiFi tocommunicatewithpeersandhead-end.• Apps:Downloadable,UseCase-specificsoftwares thatrun

onRivaandhaveaccesstoalldatameasuredattheEdge.• Device:HostofRiva;e.g.,Meter,router,smartcapacitor...• DistributedIntelligence:LargenetworksofRiva-powered

devicesanalyzingdataandmakingdecisionsattheEdge.



RivaImplementations,CurrentandFuture

• ItronRivaenablesanydevicetocommunicateinthenetworkofdevicesthatconstituteatrulysmartgrid.

• Anydevicethird-partydevicecanbecomepartoftheRivanetworkbyintegratingaRivaboard.

• AppExamples:• Meter-to-Cashprocess(traditional“metering”)• LocationAwareness• TheftDetection• NILM

• Appscanbedeployedsystem-wideontheElectricGrid.• ScalabilityisguaranteedbyEdgeComputing!



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