How special wireless networks help modernize the grid

Wireless Networking - for grid management and use case integration.

Modern power grids include instances of intelligent video surveillance that require improved performance characteristics - ideally provided by advanced wireless networks. In addition, the same private wireless system provides excellent performance, but also allows utility companies to integrate employee devices with private enterprise functions. Grid management and enterprise communications (TU) and relay systems As sensors and substation intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) migrate to wireless, grid management and enterprise communications will also be integrated into the same mobile device antminer shop. With the close connection between the IT and OT worlds, the complexity of utility companies will be significantly reduced.

Remote protection is also enhanced wirelessly. Remotely protect and monitor grid status, isolate faults, and prevent damage to critical components of the grid. Quick response is very important. The right combination of wireless 4g/5g low-latency solutions can extend remote protection from local substations to more central locations. The use of artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) will allow for active fault isolation. The development of the device ecosystem will further wireless technologies such as nr, which will further facilitate the mission-critical exchange of remote control of infrastructure.

Eliminate copper wires

Today's substations have a dedicated line driven by copper wire for each major control element. Utility companies want to expand the capacity of the substation, make the cable trench of the switch station in the room to expand the capacity of the substation. In addition to being bulky, these systems are still analog.

Transformation of substations from analog to upgrade communication infrastructure to digital, upgrading transmission between switchyard and control room to the right combination of fiber optic and wireless. We can continue to collect more and better data and proactively manage outages as radio networks modernize.

In the control room, wireless LTE combines with mid-band spectrum like CBRSpAL to provide higher throughput for video surveillance. Indoor wireless LTE can be seamlessly integrated with outdoor macro LTE networks. Control room employees can even communicate with the grid's network integration.

The last mile will make the grid safe and convenient.

The reliability and security introduced by LTE wireless will extend from distribution to the last mile of transmission infrastructure as utilities continue to modernize their grids. The last mile is where electricity enters the consumer realm. Safety and security have also become critical.

Many environmentally conscious and cost conscious consumers invest in solar panels at home. Consumers can now send their energy back to the grid and track them in real time. Now the traditional one-way is two-way, with customers consuming electricity from the grid and returning some electricity. In order for utilities to successfully balance generation and demand, the new reality of producing consumers or producing consumers requires real-time feedback.

Real-time monitoring of new faces in the community.

LTE wireless offers a new advantage for last-mile grid management: real-time data. Last-mile LTE wireless real-time feedback allows utilities to secure the grid and more proactively stay ahead of nearby grids in potential failures:

To avoid instability and blackouts, in larger grids, substations receive the information needed by smaller parts of the nearby grid.

Increase safety by actively monitoring weather-affected infrastructure.

Real-time analysis of consumption and power generation by production users can more effectively add distribution energy to grid transmission and distribution substations.

Ensure adequate bandwidth for the last mile.

The last mile is also a competition between smartphones and fixed wireless consumer traffic and grid equipment public service traffic. Critical equipment to run the grid on consumers' smartphone networks can be neither reliable nor expensive, where the need for internet access is greatest. A special LTE network used in the grid can ensure that the reliability of the grid is not affected by the capacity of competing consumer devices rapid prototype development.

Utilities are competing to expand the last few kilometers of existing electricity infrastructure as the population moves rapidly to the suburbs. The fastest wireless usage times and the most reliable LTE wireless usage licenses are the internet connection activation times for new grid equipment on the suburban grid.

Provide a secure and reliable last mile private LTE network.

Producers and consumers who own solar panels are just one facet of a complex shift in how power companies operate. Utilities are asking: How do we maintain this delicate two-way dialogue between production and consumption in a world of production and consumption? How can we quickly, cost-effectively and efficiently scale our Infrastructure? How do we keep our mission-critical grid safe as we open it up to producers and consumers?

We can see LTE wireless companies support new technologies to improve efficiency in order to address the many challenges facing utilities. As the grid modernizes across utilities, from distribution to transmission infrastructure, the reliability and security introduced by LTE wireless will expand modul iot.

Last-hop connectivity: fused cellular capillary networks.

It follows that wireless private networks based on cellular technology serve utilities well, from power plants to the last mile. Non-3Gpp devices (like smart meters) are waiting for us, and now we've reached the last hop of the last mile - all kinds of multipurpose. In the emerging smart grid, more applications can manage more devices in the grid. Applications such as local weather reports, video surveillance, etc. sprouted in local weather reports, video surveillance, and other applications.

Today's electrical grid contains many specialized networks of capillaries, each optimized for a single use case. A capillary network consists of a capillary gateway (CGW) and a number of devices served by the gateway. Performance, reliability, and integration requirements for using a multifunctional network in the last hop. Integrating these access networks by using the common core infrastructure provided by private LTE is the next logical step.

Cellular is available as a WAN or indoor cellular solution, connecting capillary networks to the global communications infrastructure through cellular. When the gateway is enabled through the SIM, the gateway between the cellular network and the mesh capillary network is like any other user equipment.

Wireless connectivity enables smart grids.

With the Internet world to the wireless Internet world cause, because the Internet world is developing to the wireless Internet world. Wireless technology opens up new opportunities for scale and reliability to expand interconnection control of power generation and distribution. By using the right spectrum, device ecosystem and technology, wireless will also allow mission-critical positioning, isolation and recovery.

As the power industry strives to modernize in response to growing demands and business demands, mission-critical wireless networks will play a critical role in enabling utilities to successfully modernize their grids. Ericsson, for example, is working with utilities to provide solutions for every component of the grid, from power generation to smart meters.