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Answering the Call: Practical considerations when

deploying cellular technologies in

utility scale environments.

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David Hoysan

Lead Product Marketing Specialist

Cellular, IIoT, & Cloud Technologies

Email: dhoysan@phoenixcontact.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dhoysan/

Presenter

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Agenda

Answering the call: Practical considerations when deploying

cellular technologies in utility scale environments

➢Cellular overview

➢Enabling technology

➢AMI - Advanced metering infrastructure

➢FLISR - Fault location isolation and service restoration

➢V2G - Vehicle to Grid

➢Hardware Options

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Cellular technology has evolved over the past 20 years

3G 4G 5G2000

10 Mbps

2010

1 Gbps

2020

>10 Gbps

AT&T Coverage Map

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United States Cellular M2M Market Overview

0

5

10

15

20

25

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020C

on

nec

tio

ns

(Mill

ion

s)

U.S. Utilities & Industrial Cellular M2M Connections

Consumer

Transportation & Telematics

Financial Services & Retail

Healthcare

Utilities & Industrial

Security & Safety

Other

Total U.S. Cellular M2M Connections in 2020

21%

100M Connections

Source: U.S. Cellular Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Communications Market, Frost & Sullivan, Dec 2015

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Enabling Cellular

Technology

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Enabling Technology

LPWA technology enables long distance, battery powered applications

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Enabling Technology

LPWA technology enables long distance, battery powered applications

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Enabling Technology

Private LTE networks add reliability, availability, and security

▪ Private LTE is a localized cellular network including cell sites and core

network servers

▪ Guarantee radio coverage across the network

▪ Improved network reliability during catastrophic events

▪ Optimized for the application (e.g. high bandwidth or low latency)

▪ End-to-end network security

▪ Dedicated spectrum (CBRS)

Public network

Optional

connection

Local network

Non-public

network

services

Control

plane

User

planeSubscriber

database

Firewall

User

plane

gateway

Control

plane

functions

Subscriber

database

Public

network

services

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Enabling Technology

Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS)

▪ 150 MHz of spectrum within the 3.5 GHz band dedicated for military and commercial use

▪ Utilities can develop, build, and operate their own private wireless networks

▪ 10 utilities purchased CBRS spectrum during the August 2020 FCC auction

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Enabling Technology

FirstNet from AT&T and the Department of Commerce

▪ Purpose built network on LTE Band 14 for public safety and critical infrastructure

▪ Utility companies can subscribe as “extended primary” users of the nationwide public-

safety broadband network

▪ 99.99% service availability

▪ No throttling or prioritization on the network

▪ Dedicated network core with end-to-end encryption

▪ AT&T has exclusive rights to the spectrum until 2025

▪ Requires FirstNet certified device

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Enabling Technology

5G will enhance more applications than it will create

Source: Ericsson

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Enabling Technology

5G will enhance more applications than it will create

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Enabling Technology

Phoenix Contact 5G Router

▪ Research project to better understand applications and limitations

▪ Designed for private networks leveraging the mid-band, sub-6 GHz

frequencies

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Applications

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Generation

Data

Aggregation

Transmission Distribution

Substation A

Substation B

Substation C

Consumption

Management

SCADA BillingDistribution

Management

Outage

Management

Cellular use for AMI

Advanced Metering Infrastructure

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Generation

Data

Aggregation

Transmission Distribution

Substation A

Substation B

Substation C

Consumption

Management

SCADA BillingDistribution

Automation

Outage

Management

Cellular use for AMI

Examples

▪ Consumer usage monitoring

▪ Last gasp for outage detection

▪ Meter monitoring for power purchase

agreements between a utility and independent

power producer

▪ Cellular backhaul from data aggregator

Advanced Metering Infrastructure

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Generation

Data

Aggregation

Transmission Distribution

Substation A

Substation B

Substation C

Consumption

Management

SCADA BillingDistribution

Automation

Outage

Management

Cellular use for AMI

Examples

▪ Consumer usage monitoring

▪ Last gasp for outage detection

▪ Meter monitoring for power purchase

agreements between a utility and independent

power producer

▪ Cellular backhaul from data aggregator

Utility application example

▪ Peninsula Light in Washington

▪ 2019 replaced PLC system with Verizon

Grid Wide Platform for 33,000 customers

▪ LTE Cat-M1 network

▪ AMI, demand response, distribution

monitoring

Advanced Metering Infrastructure

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Fault location isolation and service restoration

Cellular use for FLISR

Generation

Data

Aggregation

Transmission Distribution

Substation A

Substation B

Substation C

Consumption

Management

SCADA BillingDistribution

Management

Outage

Management

FLISR events

▪ Fault occurs outside substation A and is

isolated

▪ Sectionalizing switch is closed to re-energize

unfaulted areas

▪ Fault is corrected

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Fault location isolation and service restoration

Cellular use for FLISR

Generation

Data

Aggregation

Transmission Distribution

Substation A

Substation B

Substation C

Consumption

Management

SCADA BillingDistribution

Management

Outage

Management

FLISR events

▪ Fault occurs outside substation A and is

isolated

▪ Sectionalizing switch is closed to re-energize

unfaulted areas

▪ Fault is corrected

Opportunities for cellular

▪ Outage detection from meter

▪ Automated switch opening

▪ Automated distribution manage

▪ Communication to OMS

▪ Preventative maintenance indicators

▪ Battery status, alarms, faults, etc.

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Fault location isolation and system restoration

Cellular use for FLISR

Generation

Data

Aggregation

Transmission Distribution

Substation A

Substation B

Substation C

Consumption

Management

SCADA BillingDistribution

Management

Outage

Management

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Generation

Data

Aggregation

Transmission Distribution

Substation A

Substation B

Substation C

Consumption

Management

SCADA BillingDistribution

Management

Outage

Management

Electric Vehicle

Cellular use for Vehicle-to-Grid

▪ Consumption & billing management

▪ Distribution management & grid stabilization

▪ Security

▪ Detailed analytics

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Product offerings

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Phoenix Contact cellular connectivity solutions

Products

TC Router

➢ Basic SCADA applications

➢ Point-to-point VPN

➢ SMS / Email Alerts

TC mGuard

➢ Advanced SCADA applications

➢ Robust network security

➢ Redundancy capability for critical infrastructure

➢ mGuard Secure Cloud capability

M2M Portable

➢ Shippable version of the mGuard for on-demand support

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Products

mGuard Secure Cloud for RTU Service

▪ 100% free service

▪ Turnkey VPN secure remote access service

▪ On-demand connection

▪ IPsec VPN standard

▪ AES 256 bit encryption

▪ X.509 Certificates

▪ Multi-factor authentication

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Products

M2M Portable for NERC CIP Transient Cyber Assets

▪ M2M portable can be used to meet NERC CIP transient cyber asset

requirements

▪ M2M Portable Features

▪ Drop in temporary / on-demand access

▪ Multi-Factor authentication via mGuard Secure Cloud

▪ Encrypted VPN connection

▪ Firewall rules can limit access on the network

▪ Phoenix Contact Security Incident Response team identifies, publishes,

and offers remediation for common vulnerabilities

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