Post on 15-Jan-2016
Managing a Smart Grid with Operational Efficiency
Ray BarisoExecutive Director – Solution Strategy
Contents
• Smart Grid Environment Today
• An Approach to Smart Grid Operational Efficiency
• Automated Smart Grid Communications Network Management
Build it and they will come…
LightRiver TechnologiesNIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 1.0
Intelligent Network & Technology Evolution
Late 1800s - First Electromechanical SwitchLate 1960s - Software Controlled Switches
2010+ - Convergence•Voice/Data – Wireless Broadband (WiMAX/WiFi/LTE)• IT & Communications – Ethernet & Home Networks•Wireless/Wireline Network Integration •Communications and Electric Power Utility
1970s - Primarily Analog, Copper-based Networks for Voice Services
1980s – Fiber Optics, Digital Networks and Data Transmission 1984 - US Gov’t breakup of AT&T Intelligent Network – 800 Services, Custom Calling Features,
Alternative Billing Customized Voice Services and Service Creation Platform
In the Beginning: A Manually Connected Network (via local operator)
1990s – Internet, IP, Broadband, Wireless• Telecommunications Act of 1996 - Deregulation and Competition• Rise of the Internet• Rapid Expansion of Wireless Voice Communications
2000 - 3G Wireless• Digital Wireless Voice Communications• Wireless Data Transmission• Mass Market Broadband• SMB & Enterprise Data Growth
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Holistic Approach to Operational Efficiency
People
Process
SystemsData
Technology
CustomersEmployeesRegulatorsVendors
Plan-to-ProvisionOrder-to-CashTrouble-to-Resolution
SCADAOMSEMSNMSDMSCRMMDMBilling
CustomerMeterUsageEventAssetsNetwork
MeshSONETDWDMxANFiber
IP/MPLSWi-FiWiMAX3G/4G/LTEEthernetMicrowave Organizations, relationships and
interactions will change and grow
Systems will change and increase in number
Information will grow exponentially
New technologies will increase
network complexity
Business Process and B/OSS Framework
NetworkDiscovery &
Reconciliation
NetworkCommissioning
Smart Grid Communications Network
Holistic Communications
NetworkVisibility
Centralized Network Inventory Management
Communications Network Management is Critical
SummaryHolistic Approach to Operational Efficiency• People, Process, Systems, Data & Technology
Leverage Communication Industry Frameworks• TM Forum Business Process Framework (eTOM)
Communications Network Management is Critical• Automate communications network management