smart radio Telefonica SM WAN Assurance Mesh Introduction & Desktop Demo
Pack Produced by: Eric Taylor DCC & David Owens Telefonica Presented by: Nick Welch & David Owens MSc CENG FIET Version 1.6 24rd February 2016
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Introduction - Purpose of Mesh Desktop demonstration
Objectives:
• Show the principles of the Telefonica Smart Meter Wide Area Network Solution.
• Show that the Connode Mesh is a proven and robust Smart Metering solution.
• Provide a demonstration of the Connode Mesh network. We will demonstrate that connectivity using a desktop environment.
• Show that the Communication Hub Install & Leave processs will leave you with the best chance of a connection.
• Show that the Coverage Checker Database will tell you which Ccommunication Hub WAN variant to install.
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Coverage Commitment - Comms hub usage breakdown
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Coverage extension 5.4%
MESH 1.1%
Existing network 92.75%
Telefonica coverage 98.15 %
99.25%
2015 80%
2017 97.75%
2021 99.25%
Coverage targets * external antenna ports only on Mesh hubs.
Based on our Current Cellular Coverage we expect that:-
• ~5.0% of premises will require internal antennas
• ~4.0% will be boundary MESH
• ~0.5% will need external antennas
• ~1% requires mesh connectivity
Cellular only communication hub 90%
Cellular + Mesh Communication Hub 10%
Mesh 0.5%
Boundary Mesh 4%
Required for Antenna Socket 5%
Mesh 0.5%
Communication Hubs
External ant
0.5%
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Communication Hub Variant types
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SW WAN MESH HAN GAS
TOSHIBA F7210000
MADE IN CHINA
Cellular
SW WAN MESH HAN GAS
TOSHIBA F7210000
MADE IN CHINA
WAN
Cellular + Mesh
SW WAN MESH HAN GAS
TOSHIBA F7210000
MADE IN CHINA
WAN
Cellular + Mesh
MESH
We have three Communication Hub Types – We refer to them a Stock Keeping Unit SKU types or Communication Hub “Variants”:
– SKU 1 Cellular only – high gain vertical antenna
– SKU 2 Cellular with an SMA connector for an external cellular antenna & mesh short range radio
– SKU 3 Cellular with two SMA connectors for external antennas for cellular & mesh short range radio
These units will help us manage hard to reach locations through Antennas and Mesh Short Range Radio whilst simplifying installation process, leading to higher install success rates. For more information see the Comms Hub Product Range document available on the DCC Website https://www.smartdcc.co.uk/implementation/design-and-assurance/communications-hubs/communications-hub-product-information/
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Coverage connectivity waterfall diagram
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Cellular connection SKU1
Cellular connection using an Antenna SKU2 + T2 Antenna
Mesh connection with Antenna SKU2 + T2 Antenna
Cellular connection using an external T3 Antenna SKU2/SKU3
90%
94%
98.25%
Cellular connection with Boundary Mesh SKU2 + T1 Ant
98.75%
99.25% - Coverage Commitment
Based on our Current Cellular Coverage we expect that:-
• ~5.0% of premises will require internal antennas
• ~4.0% will be boundary MESH
• ~0.5% will need external antennas
• ~1% requires mesh connectivity
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The Smart Meter Wide Area Network Partnership Solution
The Telefonica Smart Meter Wide Area Network uses both O2 market leading 2G + 3G network and reinforces this with Connode Mesh Network Technology to connect those hard to reach locations.
• World class references from Connode & Toshiba
• RF Mesh – cost effective SW licence from Connode
• IPv6 network – all the way to the Comms Hub
• Dynamic and seamless transition 2G/3G <-> Mesh
• Close collaborative partnership between Telefonica, Toshiba & Connode
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Who are Connode & why is their technology so important?
• Who are Connode? Connode are a market leading provider of wireless solutions in Europe for Smart Metering, with many years of experience and some 650.000 nodes in service with over 30 utilities. Helsinki reference site..
• Why choose Connode? Connode’s implementation of this technology provides a self-configuring, self-annealing and self-healing capabilities makes it an ideal choice for a mesh wide area network. IPv6 to the Hub… Its adaptive nature makes it ideal for coverage hard to reach locations.
• Cost effective solution? Connode’s solution has been proven to reduced both cost and downtime for the utilities.
• What is 6LoWPAN ? IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Networks” –is a networking technology that allows IPv6 packets to be carried efficiently within small link layer frames, such as those defined by IEEE 802.15.4.
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Mesh Propagation Modelling
• Newbury trials ongoing • 17,000 measurements taken • Propagation model finalised end of 2014
and provides accurate predicted mesh coverage modelling
• Max transmit power: 500 mW ERP • Link budget: 75 dB • Receiver Sensitivity: -105 dBm • Max suburban range 500 m+ • Max number of hubs per cluster: 10
Measured Range
RXSEN -105 dBm
Measurements Test Model Model Calibration
January 2015 May 2015 March 2015 July to Dec 2014
Integration
Timeline
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Examples of mesh deployment scenarios
Mesh will be required at less than 1% (195,000) of all premises. There are three mesh deployment types:
• Boundary Mesh(4%) – installed to provide a cellular gateway for a mesh area. Shown as the red locations adjacent to the white no coverage areas. Will include antennas.
• Planned Mesh(0.5%) - Where the property doesn’t receive adequate cellular coverage. Shown as the yellow location in the white no coverage area. Installations are not due to start until early 2017 to allow adequate testing of the Mesh wide area solution.
• Ad-hoc Mesh(0.5%) - “Install and leave” where a cellular + mesh hub has been installed as cellular only can’t connect. Shown as the yellow locations in the blue coverage area. Additional adjacent premise are automatically identified for Cellular + Mesh hub installation prior to any installation.
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Smart Meter Wide Area Network – High Level Infrastructure
Node B
BTS
RNC
BSC MSC GMSC
SGSN GGSN
AUC EIR
MPLS O2
Product LAN
Mesh C4
Servers
www Data
PSTN Voice
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Smart Meter WAN – Desktop solution used for demo…
Node B
BTS
RNC
BSC MSC GMSC
SGSN GGSN
AUC EIR
MPLS O2
Product LAN
C4 Server
www
PSTN
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Smart Meter Wide Area Network – Desktop solution summary
MPLS Router
C4 Server
O2 Network
Our tried and tested desktop test environment which contains a cellular radio network simulator in a small box, proving an Ethernet cable out simulating the Gi interface, this is connected to a Raspberry Pi acting as the Telefonica MPLS network, which is then connected to a Connode C4 Mesh Server installed on a laptop.
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Telefonica “Mesh Street” Showcase Assurance Event
100 m
Showcase definition Showcase Deployment Showcase opens
Q2 2016 Q3 2016 Q1 2016
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Mesh Testing Capability - included at the Telefonica test facilities…
System Test (PIT) Buckingham Avenue
Unit & Link Test Comms Hub Vendors
System Integration Test (SIT) Runcorn
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Summary
• The Coverage Checker database (CCDB) available via the DCC Self Service Interface (SSI) or via DCC User Interface Service (DUIS) provides details of the correct Communication Hub WAN Variant to install at a premises.
• At times the SKU2 mesh capable Comms Hub will be “proactively” prescribed.
• Following the Comms Hub Installation and Maintenance Support Materials (CHIMSM) the SKU2 mesh capable Comms hub will be “reactively” installed - where the SKU1 cellular only Comms Hub does not connect.
• The Connode Mesh solution is tried, tested, and approved by Telefonica
• The Mesh Street showcase planned for June 2016 at the Buildings Research Establishment will provide the opportunity for an Industry assurance event which demonstrates Telefonica’s successful implementation of an already proven Smart Metering Mesh Technology
