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Optimizing Your

4G Smart Grid

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Your Presenters

Jesse BerstHost & Moderator

Founding Editor

SmartGridNews.com

Eedo Lifshitz

Director, Business

Development, Enterprise

Alvarion

Todd Harrod

Sales Specialist, Mission-

Critical Infrastructure

Alcatel-Lucent

Agenda

1. Introduction / overview

2. Assessing your

communications needs

3. Understanding the five major

communications options

4. Safe-and-sane selection

criteria

Housekeeping

• Use the question box to type

questions at any time

• If we run out of time, we’ll

answer by email as a FAQ

• We’ll also email you a link to

the slides

• Our contact info is at the end

The challenges of the “middle mile”

• Traffic jams along the middle mile

– Bandwidth

– Latency

– Range/mobility

– Prioritization (quality of service)

• Layered communications systems

– Home area network

– Neighborhood area network

– Field area network

– Wide area network

– Backhaul

• Goal: A future-friendly

communications architecture

Eedo Lifshitz, Alvarion

• Director, Business Development

Enterprise line of business

– MSc Computer Science and MBA

– 20 years experience IT, networks and applications

– Migration from central to distributed

– Similar architectures deployed for smart grid

• Alvarion

– Wireless broadband

– Extensive WiMAX customer base

– 250 deployments worldwide

Proprietary and Confidential

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HAN

(Home Area Network)

NAN

(Neighborhood Area Network)

FAN

(Field Area Network)

WAN

(Wide Area Network)

Holistic 4G Network addressing: Real Time, QoS, Broadband & Mobility Requirements

Smart Grid Network Architecture


8Why do we need 4G for the Middle Mile?

Broadband

• Video surveillance application to monitor the Grid

• Instant software upgrades

• Instant data collection for Business Intelligence Analysis

• Support future AMI broadband applications

Low Latency

• Utility applications that demand sub 100ms latency

• Real-time consumption measurement by the utility call center

QoS

• Allow real-time activation of critical DA devices

• Voice & Data applications

Mobility

• Line truck crews connectivity to Smart Grid applications

Agenda


2. Assessing your communications needs

3. Understanding the five major communications options

4. Safe-and-sane selection criteria

Todd Harrod, Alcatel-Lucent

• Sales Specialist

– Mission-critical infrastructure

– Point-to-point wireless

– High-availability applications

– Utilities, city/county/state governments

• Alcatel-Lucent

– Voice, data and video communications

– Fixed, mobile and converged broadband

– Bell Labs heritage

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Background: Why Do Utilities Build Private Networks?

Provides safe & secure connectivity

Engineered for highly reliable systems with

Less than 5 minutes of total downtime per year (core network)

“99.999% or better availability” (core network)

Key for mission critical public safety networks

Increased network flexibility that they control

Not just connections with various “speeds and feeds”

Increased bandwidth at lower cost

Provide greater-than-T1 speeds

Avoid recurring costs from leased services


Core network

Vision: Network Design Considerations

Other remote sites

WiMAX (multipoint)


Choices: Connectivity Requirements and Available Technologies

Core

• Microwave (Carrier-class, high-capacity)

• Fiber (Carrier-class, multiple wavelength)

Technology Choices

Core

• High capacity

• High availability

Technology Requirements

Middle Mile

• Easy to install

• Predictable performance

Last Mile / Access

• Broadband speed

• Secure

Middle Mile

• Point-to-Point (18GHz, 23GHz, 60/80GHz)

• Multipoint (2.5GHz, 3.65GHz and 4.9GHz)

•WiMAX

Last Mile / Access

• LTE, WiMAX

• Mesh

• 700MHz, 2.5GHz, 4.9GHz


Needs Assessment: Leveraging Assets and Define the Future

Examine Existing Assets

Private network equipment

Physical infrastructure

Personnel skill set

Consider Current & Future Applications

Traditional SCADA

Video surveillance

Workforce mobility

Distribution Automation

Automated Metering Infrastructure (AMI)

Enterprise voice & data

etc


Alcatel-Lucent: Implementing Network Transformation

Assess network application requirements

Consider future networking needs

Network design considering Topology,

Technology, Frequency & Terrain

Engineering to optimize network components

ROI analysis for leased line replacement

Network integration to ensure end to end

performance

Needs

Assessment

Technology

Selection

Topology

Selection

Frequency

Selection

Design &

Engineering

ROI &

Payback

Analysis

Deployment

&

Integration

Operate &

Manage

Project

Management

Leveraging our global networking expertise to meet customer’s local needs

Questions?


185 Major Communication Options

Wireless vs. Wire line

Private vs. Public

Broadband vs. Narrowband

4G vs. 3G

New Technology vs. Proven Technology


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Aligning 4G WiMAX to Utility Smart Grid objectives

Requirement Features and Benefits

Reliability NLOS SOFDMA and Signal fading reduction (MIMO A, HARQ, MRRC)

CPE automatically connects to an alternative BST in case of failure (Best AU)

Proactive performance management and centralized system configuration

Scalability Add Sectors for additional coverage

Shift from dual sector SISO to one sector with MIMO B to add capacity

Security AES 128

AAA and ASN-GW Authentication (EAP-TTLS)

Performance < 100 ms round trip latency with Extended Real-Time (eRT) QoS

Enhance coverage (MIMO A, MRRC, CTC, HARQ, Map Repetition)

MIMO B 2x2 enhancing the capacity (including MIMO B/A auto switching)

Improved Up-link for video Surveillance Applications (TDD radio 35% - 65%)

Standards IP and Ethernet connectivity (IP-CS, Eth-CS) allowing for Utility protocols (DNP, DNP3, 61850…)

Compliant with WiMAX 802.16e Wave2

Maintainability All-in-one outdoor box for ease of deployment

Spectrum Analyzer to simplify deployment

Carrier-Class NMS

TCO Reduced number of base stations (NLOS, 2nd order diversity)

Distributed and centralized ASN-GW options

Small footprint all-in-one ODU allowing for lower lease costs

Questions?


22Selection criteria

Commitment to WiMAX

Experience • Size of deployments

• Number of WiMAX deployments WW

• Years of experience

Optimized SPG connectivity solutions• All outdoor link reliability and availability

• Micro and macro configurations for tower and pole deployments

• Modular architecture that reduces operation complexity

• High-availability configurations

• License and license-exempt frequencies

Maximize Return on infrastructure investments• Upgrade path to future WiMAX versions

• Scalable pay-as-you-grow architecture

• Shared infrastructure for multiple frequencies

Additional Questions?

Thank You!

Jesse Berst

Host & ModeratorFounding Editor

SmartGridNews.com

[email protected]

Eedo Lifshitz

Director, Business

Development, Enterprise

Alvarion

[email protected]

Todd Harrod

Sales Specialist, Mission-

Critical Infrastructure

Alcatel-Lucent

[email protected]

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