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PRIME Standard:

A Future-Proof Reality Beyond Metering PRIME as a Communication Standardization foundation, supporting Smart Metering & Smart

Grid Projects

Angel Hernandez, Chairman of the PRIME Alliance Promotion Working Group

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PRIME basic principles

OPEN STANDARD

REAL INTEROPERABILITY

MASS ROLL-OUTS

ROYALTY FREE

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• Based on PLC concepts and techniques which have been proven over the

years.

• Specifications written among various industry experts from different

companies (collaborative effort).

• Royalty-free, no patents, no proprietary concepts.

• Standardized as ITU-T Recommendation G.9901 “Narrowband

OFDM PLC transceivers - Power spectral density specification”

and G.9904 “Narrowband OFDM PLC transceivers for PRIME

networks”.

• Compliant to IEEE 1901.2 – “Standard for Low-Frequency

(less than 500 kHz) Narrowband PLC for Smart Grid Applications”.

PRIME is an OPEN protocol published as STANDARD



The Certification

Compliancy

Assurance

Neutral Conformance Labs now certifying vendor technologies assuring

compliance with PRIME Alliance requirements

Certification Process for chipsets, DC’s, and Meters facilitates PRIME-compliant and interoperable products in the market. Tests based on

specifications provided and maintained by PRIME

New Streamlined Certification

Renowned third party certification groups, DNV-GL, LABEIN Tecnalia, and

ITE, are providing conformance testing in accordance with PRIME Alliance

Standards

Conformance

Testing

Independent authorithies executing system stress tests in field-like test

procedures, allowing for intra-PRIME performance comparisons

Performance

Testing

Certification process prepared for Version 1.4 and test cases available. Interoperability between PRIME v1.4 products tested

Version 1.4 Certification



The Members

• Principal & Regular Members

• Utilities & Research Institutes

• Chipset & Software Companies

• Meter & Data Concentrator Vendors

• Integrators & Consultants



PRIME v1.4 – Beyond smart metering

• PRIME v1.4: it is a backwards compatible evolution of PRIME v1.3

• Includes all lessons learned from millions of meters deployed worldwide

• PRIME v1.4 fits any grid: USA, Japan, China...

• PRIME v1.4 supports smart grid applications

• Keeping all v1.3 features:

• Cost and complexity (very low)

• Protocol openness

• Focus on interoperability

• Base Node control



CENELEC A-band

(EN 50065-1)

PRIME v1.4 – Higher frequency range support

• PRIME v1.4 supports the original CENELEC A-band and any combination of

additional channels in the <500 kHz range

9 40 95 150

CENELEC B-, C-, D-

bands

500 kHz



CENELEC A-band

(EN 50065-1)

PRIME v1.4 – Higher frequency range support

• PRIME v1.4 supports the original CENELEC A-band and any combination of

additional channels in the <500 kHz range

• Each channel is similar to the original Ch1: 96 data subcarriers

• Lower noise levels above 150 kHz

• Potential throughputs of up to 1 Mbps!

• Should be possible to also use in Europe: the existence of (voluntary)

harmonized standard EN 50065-1 does not preclude use of other frequency

ranges, if the EMC Directive is complied with.

9 40 95 150

CENELEC B-, C-, D-

bands

500 kHz

Ch1 Ch2 Ch3 Ch4 Ch5 Ch6 Ch7 Ch8



Recent Updates & Version 1.4

Expanded Frequency

Expanded Frequency PRIME bands span from CENELEC A band (<95kHz) to FCC and ARIB spectrums (<500 kHz)

with a data rate of 980kbps

Data Security for successful roll-out of large scale PLC-based networks. State-of-the-art encryption and authentication at MAC and

APP Layer by new Security Profile Security

IPv6 Support IPv4 and IEC 61334-4 -32 support, IPv6 support as a convergence layer over

PR IME MAC and PHY layers.

Backwards Compatibility

Fully backwards compatible with the 11.3+ million installed meters,

corresponding Data Concentrators and Gateways with PRIME Specifications 1.3.6.

PRIME v1.4: robustness improvement, throughput increase, band extension, backwards

capability + ALL the benefits of PRIME v1.3.6

Increased Robustness

New PHY PDU defined, adding increased robustness without additional complexity or cost implication



The Deployments

Australia Brazil Lebanon Poland Portugal

Romania Spain Switzerland United Kingdom

11’330’000 Smart Meters Deployed (Dated 15 April 2016)



PRIME Deployments Under Different Specific Conditions

PRIME eco-system on the field



Main Worldwide Grids Return of Experience

Russia

Lebanon

Poland

Spain

Djibouti

Latvia

SPAIN / PORTUGAL

IBERDROLA GAZ NATURAL FENOSA

EDP Grid Technical Characteristics Interoperability between several PRIME Smart

Meters types Crosstalk Signal attenuation

PRIME skills Interoperability management Topology managed by base node

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PRIME Supported Massive Roll-out:

Iberdrola STAR Project

Data concentrators

PRIME meters Interoperability Providers

Focus on creating a successful competitive smart metering market

Global benchmark for cost per point of supply


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Russia

Lebanon

Poland

Spain

Djibouti

Latvia

LEBANON

EDL - NEU – BUS - KVA Grid Technical Characteristics A lot of power cuts, black-out Noisy network / Attenuation High signal attenuation Mainly rural areas (no twisted cables) Frauds cases

PRIME skills IFast topology convergence PLC injection coupling strategy Efficient “switch” feature for long distances.





Russia Poland

Spain

Djibouti

Latvia

POLAND

ENERGA – TAURON - PGE Grid Technical Characteristics Up to 600 meters per substation Crosstalk between substations Long distance in rural areas (no twisted cables)

PRIME skills PLC injection coupling strategy Efficient “switch level” feature for long

distances Pro-active network maintaining path every time

Lebanon





Russia Poland

Spain

Djibouti

Latvia

RUSSIA

KRASNOIARSK (KREK) Grid Technical Characteristics Tough environment Very Low temperature Mainly rural areas

PRIME skills Topology managed by base node (7 levels of

switches) Efficient “switch” feature for long distances.

Lebanon




Russia

Lebanon

Poland

Spain

Djibouti

Latvia

LATVIA

JSC “Sadales Tikls” Grid Technical Characteristics Changes in Network Configuration Switching between Transformers Long distances between Meters Noisy environment because of customer

appliances

PRIME skills Repeating management to extend distances Topology managed by Data Concentrator




Russia Poland

Spain

Djibouti

Latvia

DJIBOUTI

Grid Technical Characteristics High temperature Very noisy network (low SNR) Reading coupled with BPL technology on MV

network

PRIME skills Strategy for a quick reading in a short time to

avoid noise appearance Error Correction algorithm

Lebanon



GNF Architecture



EDP Distribução: Inovgrid Architecture

Legacy meter

(transformer)

EDP Box (public

lighting)

Central Systems Secondary Substation

AMR (legacy)

RS232

RS485 Router

DTC Automation

Ethernet

SCADA

NMS AMI

M2M Network

PLC Prime GPRS

SNMP

IEC 60870-5-104

WebServices FTP

RS485

Client Portal

Internet

http

Client

HAN

Sensing

DTC – Distribution Transformer Controller



PRIME Beyond Metering: a “Reality”

• European Project aiming to enable active demand and

distributed generation integration

• Aiming for a fully controllable Low Voltage and Medium

Voltage distribution grid

• Project incorporates real proven solutions in Poland,

• Portugal, Spain and Sweden

• Participating Utilities are Energa, Iberdrola, EDP

Distribution and Vattenfall

• Demo Networks include 1’325 Secondary Substations with

almost 220’000 Smart Energy Meters attached

• Demo Networks covering Overhead, Underground, Rural

and Urban areas

• Project involves industry leading companies such as:

UP-GRID Initiative



The Summary

Communications for Medium, Low-Voltage, In-Home & Distributed Elements

Fully proven solution by 11+m deployed Meters, +15 utilities & 14 PRIME vendors

Grid Control & Asset Monitoring Features supporting beyond Metering needs

Independent Certification Labs ensuring Quality & Performance Benchmarking

True openness by millions of interoparable devices out in utilities networks



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