January 23, 2015

Overview of powerline communications

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

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

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

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Implementation

IEEE 2030 : Guide for IEEE 1909.1 : Recommended Interoperability Practice for Smart Grid Communication Equipment

Pioneer Standard Applications

IEEE 1901 IEEE 1901.2 : Low Frequency/ Narrow Band Broadband over Power PLC for Smart Grid Applications Line MAC/PHY Layers

Wide scope Integration • In-home • Access IEEE 1905.1 : Convergent Digital Home • Smart Grid Network for Heterogeneous Technologies • Transportation IEEE 2030.5 : Adoption of Smart Energy Profile 2.0

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

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AV/ PC Entertainment SmartGrid: Energy management Access BPL In home Out side Home

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Transportation Digital Signals System EV-HAN Cabin Entertainment System in the Train Communication Wide Range Scope Scope of IEEE 1901 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: and Physical Layer Specifications High performance – 500 Mbps class (PHY rate) – Robustness to noise / large coverage (RS-CC, 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

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: (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）

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

IEEE 1901 IEEE 1901 G.9960 Others PLC ・・・ FFT OFDM (G.hn) (Future) OFDM

Coexistence Coexistence Protocol for different PLCs ISP (Inter-System Protocol)

Key Point 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

Abstraction Layer for Unifying Wired and Wireless Home Networks

HD-PLC IEEE 1905.1™ - 2013

Key features and benefit Ease of Use: Common setup procedures Aggregated Throughput “Multipath” delivery:

Load Balancing: Intelligently distribute 1901 multiple video streams over different paths to limit congestion and maintain 802.11 reliability QoS: Uniformed prioritized QoS over multiple technologies Range Extension: Security: P1905 allows devices to be configured the same way with a simple 1901 802.11

button push 802.11 Tablet Advanced Diagnostics 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 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)

16 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) IEEE 1901 provides a cost- – Video surveillance effective backhaul of AMI data – Voice 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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Contact information

Jean-Philippe Faure [email protected]

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