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Whole Home, Every Home M2M™ © Xsilon Ltd 2014

Smart Meter HAN Connectivity:

Tackling the Remainder

techUK

Russell Haggar, Xsilon – 8th October 2014

In-Home M2M for the Internet of Everything


Hanadu is a Connectivity Solution designed for

the specific needs of Machine-to-Machine

communications within the home


In-Home M2M: Connected Living

E-Health

Energy-Smart Homes

Micro-Generation Monitoring

Home Automation

Intelligent Lighting

Assisted Living

Smart Appliances



E-Health

Energy-Smart Homes


Home Automation


Assisted Living

Smart Appliances

… in the bathroom ?

… inside the garage ?

… to the roof ?

… to the security system ?

… to the outside lights ?

… in every bedroom ?

… in the utility room ?


E-Health

Energy-Smart Homes


Home Automation


Assisted Living

Smart Appliances



Hanadu developed by Xsilon to plug the gap in the home

Use existing network components, running over powerline

Powerline now key, rather than irrelevant, to In-Home M2M

A Single Common Network


Greenfield approach – No legacy obligations – Designed for In-Home M2M

Open Specification (like ZigBee, Bluetooth, Thread, etc.)

Full co-existence and integration with other home networking technologies

Powerline addition to widely-used IEEE standard

Seamless interop with ZigBee

Seamless interop with 6LoWPAN

“Attic-to-Garage” connectivity

Same price-point as Radio

Tiny form factor

Fits inside a mains plug

Hanadu SIG Standardisation

Thread-ready

Hanadu Capabilities


Example: Home Energy Management

Hive Active Heating: Uses ZigBee radios

ZigBee-connected “smart” thermostat

“Dumb” boiler control (ZigBee)

Web interface (ZigBee-to-Broadband)


Example: Home Energy Management

Hanadu connection to Boiler Control

Hanadu/ZigBee bridge at Router

Hive Active Heating: Uses ZigBee radios

ZigBee-connected “smart” thermostat

“Dumb” boiler control (ZigBee)

Web interface (ZigBee-to-Broadband Router)

Radio/Powerline hybrid solution


Architecture designed for seamless roll-out of hybrid in-home

networks, especially with ZigBee & 6LoWPAN

Today’s main M2M solutions are built around IEEE 802.15.4 specs

Hanadu is the only powerline connectivity with native IPv6 support

MAC Layer (IEEE 802.15.4)

PHY Radio Layer (IEEE 802.15.4)

SSP

NWK (ZigBee PRO)

APS

SEP

1.2

HAP

1.1

Other

Apps ZDO

Network Architecture



6LoWPAN

IP

IPv6

ZigBee


Architecture designed for seamless roll-out of hybrid in-home

networks, especially with ZigBee & 6LoWPAN

Today’s main M2M solutions are built around IEEE 802.15.4 specs

Hanadu is the only powerline connectivity with native IPv6 support

Hanadu slots into protocol stack as a new PHY

(MAC enhancements may come later)

Minimal Service Layer changes


PHY PLC Layer (Hanadu SIG)

SSP

NWK (ZigBee PRO)

APS

SEP

1.2

HAP

1.1

Other

Apps ZDO



Network Architecture

6LoWPAN

IP

IPv6

ZigBee



SSP

NWK (ZigBee PRO)

APS

SEP

1.2

HAP

1.1

Other

Apps ZDO




SSP

NWK (ZigBee PRO)

APS

SEP

1.2

HAP

1.1

Other

Apps ZDO

15.4 RF/Hanadu ZigBee Interworking

Multi-PHY ZigBee: Seamless meshing between the technologies

IEEE 15.4 MAC IEEE 15.4 MAC

Hanadu PHY IEEE 15.4 PHY



SSP

NWK (ZigBee PRO)

APS

SEP

1.2

HAP

1.1

Other

Apps ZDO

Hanadu Classic ZigBee

Hanadu

PAN

ZigBee

PAN



SSP

NWK (ZigBee PRO)

APS

SEP

1.2

HAP

1.1

Other

Apps ZDO



SSP

NWK (ZigBee PRO)

APS

SEP

1.2

HAP

1.1

Other

Apps ZDO


Meter-to-Display connection is ZigBee by default

Results from trials: Doesn’t connect in 30% of UK homes

5%: MTUs (aka “blocks of flats”) – Radio is impractical

25%: Homes where a meter is too far (too many walls) from the display

Solutions

Sub-GHz ZigBee PHY: Likely to resolve a large chunk of the 25%

Non-radio (eg PLC): Addresses MTUs plus a large chunk of the 25%

Non-radio solutions must be easily (fully) compatible with ZigBee

Hybrid networks (radio/non-radio) must be easy to deploy and manage

Hanadu has been designed to interoperate totally with ZigBee 1.X

UK Smart Metering’s “30% Problem”


Smart Metering in MTUs: Problem

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Hanadu

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Secure wired-in unit

containing a single

Hanadu modem.

Eg one per storey,

covering whole floor.


Hanadu Deployment

Hanadu modules cost the same as ZigBee modules

Hanadu modules managed in same way as ZigBee

Improved security compared to ZigBee and 6LoWPAN

Smartplug OEMs integrate Hanadu silicon or modules

Radio/powerline bridge devices

from OEMs use silicon or modules

Hanadu silicon available in 2015

(dual source)

Technical trials using prototypes

commencing in Q1 2015


Russell Haggar, Chief [email protected] +44 7889 607 855

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