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Solutions for bridging IT/OT convergence in intelligent grid

Phil Beecher, President and CEO September 2019

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A global ecosystem of member companies seeking to accelerate the implementation of open standards-based Field Area Networks (FAN) and Internet of Things (IoT).

What is Wi-SUN

Alliance? RELIABLE INTEROPERABLE SECURE

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Over 240 members representing 26 countries With 60% growth in global membership in 12 months

US CHINA

CANADA

SOUTH AFRICA

SWEDEN

UK

INDIA

SPAIN

FRANCE

AUSTRALIA

CHILE

UKRAINE

FINLAND

TAIWAN

JAPAN

KOREA

SINGAPORE

BRAZIL

SAUDI ARABIA

UAE

DENMARK

MEXICO

ROMANIA

EGYPT

GERMANY

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>90 Million Wi-SUN Capable Endpoints

Deployed Worldwide – Navigant Research

>90 M

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An Established Leader Enabling Innovation in Smart Solutions

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An Established Leader Enabling Innovation in Smart Solutions

Promotes multi-vendor interoperability, vendor competition, and customer choice

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An Established Leader Enabling Innovation in Smart Solutions

Promotes multi-vendor interoperability, vendor competition, and customer choice

Robust certification program to ensure interoperability, for wireless devices for outdoor Field Area Networks (FAN), Home Area Networks (HAN) and other IoT networks

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An Established Leader Enabling Innovation in Smart Solutions

Promotes multi-vendor interoperability, vendor competition, and customer choice

Robust certification program to ensure interoperability, for wireless devices for outdoor Field Area Networks (FAN), Home Area Networks (HAN) and other IoT networks

Enables diverse ecosystem of solution providers including, cities, utilities, government institutions, and academia to collaborate on smart solutions

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An Established Leader Enabling Innovation in Smart Solutions

Promotes multi-vendor interoperability, vendor competition, and customer choice

Robust certification program to ensure interoperability, for wireless devices for outdoor Field Area Networks (FAN), Home Area Networks (HAN) and other IoT networks

Enables diverse ecosystem of solution providers including, cities, utilities, government institutions, and academia to collaborate on smart solutions

Delivers global reach with over 240 members in over 26 countries

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A complete ecosystem

Solutions

Silicon

Modules

End Products

IoT Platforms

Gateways

Network Management

Testing Services

Education and Training

Design Services

Software

From Silicon to Solutions

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Profile Specifications for Smart Utility/City Applications

FIELD AREA NETWORK (FAN) Profile • Profile specification is approved • Supports IEEE802.15.4g/4e PHY/MAC, 6LowPAN, and IPv6 • Supports multi-hopping operation and frequency hopping • Supports encryption (AES) and authentication (802.1x) • Specification is standardized as ANSI 4957 • First Certified Products launched in January 2019

HOME AREA NETWORK (HAN) Profile • Profile Specification is approved (Wi-SUN profile for ECHONET Lite) • Support IEEE802.15.4g/4e PHY/MAC, 6LowPAN, and IPv6 • Support encryption (AES) and authentication(PANA) • Specification is standardized as TTC JJ300.10 • > 100 certified products

WAN

SMART METER

DATA AGGREGATION

FAN: Communication Between Smart Meters and Distribution Automation

SMART METER

HEMS/ HGW

TEPCO B-ROUTE: Communication between Smart Meters and HEMS

HOME AREA NETWORK

SMART METER

STREET LIGHT

HAN: Communication between HEMS controller and HAN device

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What are the Key Use Cases for Wi-SUN FAN?

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FAN Use Cases

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Standardization Body Industry Alliance Interoperable Products

Wi-SUN Alliance is the certification organization for large scale IoT Networks

IEEE802.11 Wireless LAN

IEEE802.15.4g Wireless SUN

Certification delivers Interoperability

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Collaborated on the development of the

EW-WSN BP35C4

RF (RAA604S00)+ MCU(RX651)

wireless solution

IR509, IR 529 WPAN Industrial Router

CGR 1120, CGR 1240 Connected Grid Router

+ 8 more products

Bridge 5 –WS Network Platform

The N550 Network Node an integral part of

Gridstream® Connect

Test services provider

Test tool provider

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Wi-SUN FAN Architecture

Advanced Meter

Infrastructure

Distribution Automation

EV Charging Infrastructure

Distributed Generation SCADA Direct Load

Control

FAN

WA

N

Network Operations Center

Wi-SUN FAN RF Mesh

Public or Private WAN Backhaul

Outdoor Lighting

Traffic management

Parking

Wi-SUN FAN RF Mesh Wi-SUN FAN RF Mesh

Cellular Private Network

Fiber/Ethernet

Structural health

Agriculture

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• Device hardening with 802.1AR and hardware security chip or PUF

• Network hardening tools

• Certificate-based identities

• Role based Access Control

• 802.1x-based access control for meters, routers, grid devices

• Frequency hopping RF

• Link-layer encryption in RF Mesh

• Group-based key generation and management (mesh)

• Network-layer encryption for WAN Backhaul (IPSec)

• Over the air upgradable devices

Time-stamped logs, correlation at

SIEM

Separation of AMI vs. non-AMI

traffic, segmentation

Mobile Workforce

FAN Aggregation Layer within Substation Automation

Network

Field Area Network (RF Mesh)

RF Devices

AMI/DA Head-End

NMS HES

AAA Server

Certificate Authority

Intrusion Prevention

Directory Services

SIEM

Security Services

Secure storage for encryption keys

Secure encryption keys

Network-layer encryption (IPSec)

Link-layer encryption (AES-128)

Field Area Router (FAR)

Public or Private WAN

Security

Secure Device Identity via Digital

Certificates

Strong user identities with Role-

Based Access

Wi-SUN FAN Security Architecture

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Arm Wi-SUN End to End solution Mbed OS Wi-SUN

devices

IoT device application

Mbed OS Device Management Client

Secure root-of-trust on device

Wi-SUN Protocol stack

Border Router or Gateway connection

Device Management

Secure asset and identity provisioning

Energy efficient connectivity

Endpoint and gateway device management

Firmware deployment and update campaigns

Endpoint and gateway compute and access management

Servers Storage Rules engines Integrations Web analytics Customer applications

Head End System

Wi-SUN Border Router

Cellular

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IPv6 protocol suite

• TCP/UDP

• 6LoWPAN Adaptation + Header Compression

• DHCPv6 for IP address management.

• Routing using RPL.

• ICMPv6.

• Unicast and Multicast forwarding.

Security

• 802.1X/EAP-TLS/PKI Authentication.

• 802.11i Group Key Management

• Optional ETSI-TS-102-887-2 Node 2 Node Key Management

MAC based on IEEE 802.15.4e + IE extensions

• Frequency hopping

• Discovery/Join

• Protocol Dispatch (IEEE 802.15.9)

PHY based on 802.15.4g, 802.15.4u, 802.15.4v

• Various data rates and regions

Application Layer

(Out of Scope)

IPv6 / ICMPv6 / RPL /

6LoWPAN

Physical Layer

OSI Layer

PHY

Network

UDP / TCPTransport

Session

Presentation

Application

Wi-SUN FAN

Data Link

MAC Sub-Layer

L2 MESH

LLC Sub-Layer

802.1X,

802.11i,

EAP-TLS

Security

ETSI-

TS-102-

887-2

FAN

Device

Wi-SUN FAN Stack Overview

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