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Wirepas MeshIoT Connectivity – a strategic decision not a technology choice
Thomas WeisshauptProduct Marketing, Smart Energy, Wirepas
IoT Connectivity – a strategic decision not a technology choice
ESTA Energy Conference, Birmingham06/09/2018
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Our World records
Largest scale
700k+ devices in a single network
Smallest power IPv6 router
25 μA stand by, continuously
connected
Highest density
1000+ devices inside m3 without
a single packet collision
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Electrification requires Key technologies and access to money
Source: World Economic Forum - The Future of Electricity New Technologies Transforming the Grid Edge, March 2017
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Is the platform economy a way to go for DER vendors ?
DER Assets
(BEMS)
Distribution Grid
(Transmission Grid)
UBER
Municipal taxi authority
Airb’nB
Local tourism agency
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Why DER monetization is an ecosystem play….
Decentralization ofGeneration/Storage
(fragmented) Regulation
Digitizationof value chain
Renewable
grid inte-
gration
Smart
Sub-
metering
Smart
Market
models
Security of
supply
Affordable
energy
Low cost
connectivity
EV Cost decline
Population
growth
Building energy
management
Demand side
management
Pollution
Geopolitics
DER
Integration
+
Market facilitation
(Multiprotocol +
Blockchain)
Metering
Grid
Access to energyData based
business models
Marginal
transaction cost
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….and is discussed based on different objectives.
No Subsidies
Security of
Supply
Market
Access
QoS - Data
availability
OTA -
Flexibility
No/low
recurrent fees
Security -
Data integrity
Balancing
repsonsibility
Regulatory
compliance
Network
lifecycle
Small Ticket
transactions
Standard
Semantics
Scalability/
DensityStandard APIOff Shelf
Hardware
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Massive IoT - Northstream
Early focus Today / Future
“Either the customers are somehow disappointed – or are extremely disappointed”*Why the connectivity choice is part of a company digital strategy and shall not be
exclusively triggered by single use case requirements
*quote during WirepasGO from a very experiences developer
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From Stovepipe end2end to Convergent (local) ecosystems
Local
Local area and small
installations - Zigbee,
Thread, BLE Mesh, Z-wave
< 200 nodes per installation
Wide Area
Wide area and sparse installions
with limited bandwidth - SigFox,
LoRA, Ingenu, NB-IoT
Network effect: Operator
Massive IoT
Any scale, any density, any
location installations, OTA, open
self healing platform with no
central control
>200 nodes per mesh
Network effect: System provider
Centralized/Operator driven/P2P/Single App De-centralized/App agnostic
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Diversity of use cases will merge in service ecosystem
Mission critical infrastructure component of 15-20+ years lifetime
Disposable mobile tag of few months lifetime
Few milliseconds of latency
Few uA of power consumption
Free of recurrent fees
Smart
Meters
DistributionGeneratos
Lighting
& HVAC
Access
Fire &
Safety
Meters
Lighting
Wearables
Alarms
Real time
recomm.
Tracking
Monitoring
Tracking
Comms
Lone
workers
Alarms
Tags
Supply chain
management
Vending
Machines
Planes
Connected
Cars &
Goods
Monitoring
Process
monitoring
Factory
Automation
Pumps,
Valves,
Sensors
Alarms
MRI
Pharma-
ceuticals
Industrial
Massive
IoT
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Data gathering uplink: No data loss
Control and updates downlink:
Fixing bugs and updating during lifetime
Direct communication between devices in
the network:
Local intelligence w/o internet connection
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Non-Tech thinking: Everything shall be possible
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Internet
Headend Systems
Distributed Ledgers
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Enablers
Industrial and
infrastructure IoT
characteristics
and needs for connectivity
Performance
Energy
Throughput Latency
Minimized
CAPEX &
OPEX
Unconstrained topology
High service level
Future proofness
Cost efficiency
Varying
installation
topologies
Devices in
the field for
tens of years
Dynamic
operating
environments
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Varying performance
requirements
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Self healing – Every Device of the Network is a Router!
SMART NODE
Internet
Back end systems
=
If the router or controller fails, the
communication channel breaks
Every node self-determines if it is a node or
router and creates the fastest connection to the
gateway
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Scalability: Intelligent Routing builds a network bottom-up
Flooding mesh networkLots of noise, data packets dropped
De-centralized networkSpeaks to nearest node, quieter, no data lost
GW
GW
sender
sender
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Availability: The Wireless Spectrum – 2.4GHz
WiFi
Channels
1 2 143 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Advertising
Channels
Bluetooth
Channels
Channel must be
selected at
provisioning
ZigBee
Channels
Channel must be
selected at
provisioning
Channel must be
selected at
provisioning
Wirepas
ChannelsWirepas Mesh operates across all 2.4GHz channels
Stack always scanning to find the quietest part of spectrum
Dynamic channel
selection for higher
performance
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End-to-end service/business needsbe aware of long term digitization strategies
Ecosystembe clear that there is no free lunch
Technologiesbe aware of too much Powepoint
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Conclusion: Steps for successful solution
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What guides the way to DER monetization
Distribution Grid
(Transmission Grid)
DER Assets
(BEMS)
Soltution approach:
Natural Monopoly
Transaction sizes
Inertia
Data Granularity
Data IntegritySensor
level
Meter
level
Down to
<1s
Currently
15min up to 1yr
Real time
settlement
Up to 1yr
to settlement
any Limited
ConnectivityDecentralized
AutonomousCentralized
Management
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The Path of Digitization and Innovation
Distribution Grid
(Transmission Grid)
DER Assets
Soltution approach:
Distributed Ledger
Transaction sizes
Inertia
Data Granularity
Data IntegritySensor
level
Meter
level
Down to
<1s
Currently
15min up to 1 yr
Real time
settlement
Up to 1yr
to settlement
any Limited
ConnectivityDecentralized
AutonomousCentralized
Management
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DER Asset monetization can be the trigger for a successful energy transition with help of IoT connected
Source: https://whatsthebigdata.com/2016/04/05/amazon-facts-and-figures/
Contact Details:
Thomas Weisshaupt
+49 73 487 1800
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Mesh Connectivity – Wirepas Mesh, Zigbee, BLE Mesh
Wirepas Mesh ZigBee BLE Mesh Thread
Design principle Large scale mesh:
unlimited
Medium scale
mesh
Home small scale
mesh
Large scale mesh
Routing De-centralized Routing table Flooding Routing table
Availability Any radio HW Many Some Many
Max hop Unlimited 30 127
Frequency Both <1GHz and
2.4GHz
Mainly 2.4 GHz,
<1GHz
2.4GHz 2.4GHz
Adaptive channel Yes
40 channels
No No
3 channels
If designed into
application layer
Dense networks Yes No No
Low power routers Yes, 20 uA No No Yes
BLE beacon Yes No Yes Yes
IPv6 Yes No No Yes
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Wirepas approach
Autonomous, de-
centralized device mesh
network
Smart Device
Radio Hardware
Wirepas Connectivity & Positioning
SW
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Reinventing smart metering with a Wide Area Mesh
IDC case study downloadable at
www.wirepas.com
• Hafslund Nett is a Norwegian
electricity utility in greater Oslo,
serving appr. 1.5 million people in
100 x 200 km area.
• > 700k electricity meters in a
single Wide Area Mesh network
• No infrastructure for connectivity
– just the meters
• Benefits of WAM for utility:
• Coverage 100%
• SLA >99.9%
• Future proven, OTA
• Connectivity is free