Paulo Mazzaro, ABB, March 2016

Seminar Asunción 2016

Communication Networks Overview
Part 1
© ABB
March 17, 2016 Slide 1
Our offering
We provide reliable and future-proof communication
solutions out of one hand
“Narrowband”
Power line carrier (some 10 … 100 kbit/s)

AFS family AFS family

ETL600

Data Data

Transmitter Fiber optical cables Transmitter

Voice Voice
Receiver Receiver
Teleprotection Teleprotection
FOX family

NSD570 NSD570

“Broadband”
Wireless solutions: TROPOS (some 100 …. 10‘000 Mbit/s)
Meshed WiFi solution for different applications
© ABB Group
March 17, 2016 | Slide 2
e.g. distribution automation, oil&gas, mining, etc
Power Line Carrier (PLC) Networks
More than 30.000 ETL/ETI installed worldwide

§ ETL600R4 launched in 2012

§ Stable PLC markets
§ 2015: Focus on Russia & India

§ Benefits
§ Very reliable transmission medium
§ Dynamic Speed Adaptation in 5 steps
§ Integrated switch & router
Optimized bandwidth utilization
(e.g. IP header compression)

è Most feature-rich PLC on the market

© ABB Group
March 17, 2016 | Slide 3
Power Line Carrier (PLC) Networks
Advantages of PLC

§ Uses existing high-voltage AC or DC power lines (33 … 1000 kV)

Very reliable transmission medium
§ No extra media required
§ Long distances without repeater (up to 1000 km)
§ Excellent solution for line distance protection
§ Fully under the control of the utility
§ Normally used for pure operational applications – no cyber security problems
§ License-free

è Provides bandwidth for base OT requirements

è Basic communication solution for power lines
è Back-up for critical services
è Acts as insurance for the utility
© ABB Group
March 17, 2016 | Slide 4
Power Line Carrier (PLC) Networks
Case: Snow Storms Feb. 2008 South/Central China

Number of transmission lines down

500 kV 119
220 kV 348
110 kV 888
10 … 35 kV 35’385
Number of Substations lost 2018
Number of collapsed towers
110 …. 500 kV 8’381

è Optic communication network broke down, all communication

channels lost

Quotes from customer:

“When the Optic network breakdown, PLC is the life saving
communication channel enable safety power system operation
and control”
“We have taken the retired PLC equipment from warehouse,
put it back to use during emergency period”

© ABB Group
March 17, 2016 | Slide 5
Our offering
We provide reliable and future-proof communication
solutions out of one hand
“Narrowband”
Power line carrier (some 10 … 100 kbit/s)

AFS family AFS family

ETL600

Data Data

Transmitter Fiber optical cables Transmitter

Voice Voice
Receiver Receiver
Teleprotection Teleprotection
FOX family

NSD570 NSD570

“Broadband”
Wireless solutions: TROPOS (some 100 …. 10‘000 Mbit/s)
Meshed WiFi solution for different applications
© ABB Group
March 17, 2016 | Slide 6
e.g. distribution automation, oil&gas, mining, etc
Fibre Optical Network Solution
More than 20.000 FOX installed worldwide

§ FOX615 has been launched in 2012

§ Upgrade to Basic MPLS-TP in 2Q2014

§ Benefits FOX615
§ Highly integrated solution
§ Long term availability
support until 2028 guaranteed
§ Utility specific solution
e.g. teleprotection
§ Easy migration to future PSN
networks incl. teleprotection

è Unique feature set

Strong differentiators against
public telecom solutions
© ABB Group
March 17, 2016 | Slide 7
FOX615
To be avoided - telecom box solution

© ABB Group
March 17, 2016 | Slide 8
FOX615
Ideal solution - multiservice platform

Network Management System

CPU

CPU
HDSLcards SDH & PSN cards

Broadband PDH cards

LAN cards Protection cards

Substation Environment
§ Easy maintenance
one configuration & NMS tool, only FOX experts required, less spare parts
§ Highest system availability
© ABB Group one equipment per substation, less wiring, designed for substation
March 17, 2016 | Slide 9
Our offering
We provide reliable and future-proof communication
solutions out of one hand
“Narrowband”
Power line carrier (some 10 … 100 kbit/s)

AFS family AFS family

ETL600

Data Data

Transmitter Fiber optical cables Transmitter

Voice Voice
Receiver Receiver
Teleprotection Teleprotection
FOX family

NSD570 NSD570

“Broadband”
Wireless solutions: TROPOS (some 100 …. 10‘000 Mbit/s)
Meshed WiFi solution for different applications
© ABB Group
March 17, 2016 | Slide 10
e.g. distribution automation, oil&gas, mining, etc
Wireless broadband products
More than 70.000 router installed worldwide

§ A high-performance wireless IP communications

network for mission-critical applications
§ Cost effective
§ Standards-based
§ High availability and reliability
§ Secure
§ Fixed and mobile
§ Industrial protocol support including IEC 61850
GOOSE, Modbus, DNP3, RAW serial
§ Scalable from a small, single application
network to large, multi-application system
§ Tailored to address utility, oil & gas, mining, and
transportation markets
§ 60+ patents granted.

§ Expanding product line to include – LTE and low

power narrowband SCADA products

§© ABB Group
§March 17, 2016 §| Slide 11
Wireless broadband products
Basic principal of Tropos networks

§ Resilient: Self organizing mesh, up to > 99.999% system availability

§ Standards-based: TCP/IP, 802.11, 802.3 Ethernet, 802.1x….

§ Multi-service: Bandwidth >10Mbps possible, enables multi-application

© ABB Group § Easy maintenance: Strong management tool Tropos Control
March 17, 2016 | Slide 12
§ Strong cyber security: According to NERC CIP & FIPS
Our offering
We provide reliable and future-proof communication
solutions out of one hand
“Narrowband”
Power line carrier (some 10 … 100 kbit/s)

AFS family AFS family

ETL600

Data Data

Transmitter Fiber optical cables Transmitter

Voice Voice
Receiver Receiver
Teleprotection Teleprotection
FOX family

NSD570 NSD570

“Broadband”
Wireless solutions: TROPOS (some 100 …. 10‘000 Mbit/s)
Meshed WiFi solution for different applications
© ABB Group
March 17, 2016 | Slide 17
e.g. distribution automation, oil&gas, mining, etc
Teleprotection solution
More than 30.000 NSD installed worldwide

§ NSD570: Most successful version ever

§ 2014: 2nd best revenue ever
§ Rel 3.5: Supports IEC61850 Ed. 1 & 2
§ New KEMA typetest certificate issued

§ Benefits
§ Connecting any command-based
relay/IED with any communication
network
§ Ethernet WAN interface

§ IEC 61850 interface for “GOOSE”

messages

è Future-oriented teleprotection solution

© ABB Group
March 17, 2016 | Slide 18
Teleprotection solution
NSD – connecting any command-based relay/IED to any media

analog analog
PLC Power line
PLC

analog analog
digital digital
MUX Radio MUX
analog analog
digital digital
optical Fiber optical
MUX MUX Protection commands
Protection commands of contact I/O type
in GOOSE messages
Fiber
IEC 61850

analog Copper lines analog

Ethernet Ethernet

A wide range of IP based network

Redundant
interfaces supporting
configurations for
almost any
ultimate reliability
transmission medium
© ABB Group
March 17, 2016 | Slide 19
NSD570 Rel. 3.3
Interconnection of IEC 61850 substation with “legacy” substation

analog analog
PLC Power line
PLC

analog analog
digital digital
MUX Radio MUX
analog analog
digital digital
optical Fiber optical
MUX MUX Protection commands
Protection commands of contact I/O type
in GOOSE messages
Fiber
IEC 61850

analog Copper lines analog

Ethernet Ethernet

IP based network
§ “all-in” solution for the §Ready for the forecasted
traditional binary contacts as retrofit of ~5‘000 “legacy”
well as IEC61850 substations with IEC 61850
© ABB Group
March 17, 2016 | Slide 20
Communication Networks – Review and outlook
Summary

§ Versatile products for various kinds of

Power line applications
carrier
AFS family AFS family
§ Communication solutions complete the
ETL600
Data Transm Transm Data substation automation portfolio
itter Fiber optical cables itter
Voice Voice
Receiv
er
Receiv
er
§ An overall ABB solution strengthen our
Teleprotection Teleprotection

FOX family customer position

NSD570 NSD570 § Use synergies
§ AFS & Tropos inside the substation
TROPOS
Meshed WiFi solution for different applications
§ NSD to connect the WAN
§ FOX & ETL & Tropos outside the
substation

ABB is market leader in communication

solutions for electrical utilities
© ABB Group
March 17, 2016 | Slide 21
 ETL600 R1 – R4
Universal Digital Power Line Carrier

§© ABB Group
§March 17, 2016 | Slide 22
Power Line Carrier (PLC) System

(16 …) 40 kHz 100 104 108 500 kHz (… 1 MHz)

§Line Trap
§(DLTC)

§Line Trap
§Coupling Capacitor (CC)
or Capacitor Voltage §Coupling Capacitor (CC)
§Application of
Transformer (CVT) or Capacitor Voltage
PLC: Transformer (CVT)
§Coupling Filter Transmission of §CF §Coupling Filter
§(MCD 80) voice, data (RTU)
§Voice and protection §Voice
signals (from IEDs)
§RTU §Data §Data
(SCADA)
§Full duplex
§Protection §Protection

§PLC Terminal §PLC Terminal

§IED = Intelligent Electronic Device
§© ABB Group
§March 17, 2016 | Slide 23 §(i.e. digital protective relay)
Components of a PLC link

§Transport of electrical energy

§Substation A §Substation B
§LT §HV-line §LT

§CC/CVT §CC/CVT

§Coupling §Coupling

§PLC- §device §device §PLC-

Terminal Terminal
§Transmission of data, speech and protection signals

§© ABB Group
§March 17, 2016 | Slide 24
ABB's Narrowband Portfolio

§Digital PLC Terminals §Coupling Devices §Line Traps

§“Allfrom
one source"

§Teleprotection Solutions §Coupling Capacitors

§© ABB Group
§March 17, 2016 | Slide 25
Long-standing PLC experience
§ETL600

§2nd Generation Digital PLC

§ Continuity §For Integrated Networks
§ Functionality
§ Investment §ETL500

protection §1st Generation Digital PLC

§ETL4x/8x

§ETI
§ Analog PLC
§ETB
§ETA

§1940 §2000 §2010

§© ABB Group
§March 17, 2016 | Slide 26
 Why (still) PLC ?

§ Economic justification
§ Uses existing power lines
§ Transmission medium as reliable as the
power line itself
§ Shortest link for teleprotection
§ Back-up of critical services
§ Very long distances without repeaters
§ Fully under control of the Electric Utility

§ For the control and protection of the

electric power grid

§"Insurance"
§© ABB Group
§March 17, 2016 | Slide 27
The traditional Single Sideband PLC (SSB)
Usable AF bandwidth of PLC terminal (1 channel)

Speech 2000 Hz Data Pilot

Pilot

Speech 2200 Hz Data Pilot

Speech 2400 Hz Data Pilot

Pilot
§ §
Speech 3400 Hz Pilot

§Speech plus §Data and/or

§Pilot
300 1000 2000 3000 4000 Hz
Teleprotection
§Teleprotection
§(0.3 … 2.0 kHz)
§(2.2 … 3.6 kHz)
§ BN (4 kHz) • Limited capacity
• 1 or 2 channels
• Low speed data
§SSB - Modulation

§ § § §

§4 kHz §500 kHz §f

§40 kHz §120 kHz §124 kHz

§© ABB Group
§March 17, 2016 | Slide 28
 Modern PLC is different ….
§ Need for higher data speeds
§ Need for more channels
§ Solve frequency congestion problem
§ Integration into Digital Networks
§ LAN/IP connectivity
§ Network management

§ Compatibility with legacy systems,

services and application practice

§Analog Services §Digital Services

ETL600 – Universal Digital PLC

§© ABB Group
§March 17, 2016 | Slide 29
Power Line Carrier (PLC) System
ETL600 R4 System Overview

§ © ABB Group

§ March 17, 2016 | Slide 31

§analog and/or digital

(voice compression)

§2 ... 32 kHz
§50 W or 100
W

Data
§Multi-service equipment §

§ Telephony
§ETL600 integrates all the applications § Teleoperation
that are critical for electrical utilities § Teleprotection
ETL600

§ For advanced DPLC applications

§ © ABB Group

§
§ Integrated Broadband Modem for high-speed data transmission
March 17, 2016 | Slide 32

§ Integrated 10-channel digital Multiplexer

- point-point and point-multipoint operation
- with port-/channel-sharing for polling SCADA
- traffic management facilities (DSA)
§ Up to 16 integrated (digitally) compressed voice channels
§ Supports traditional APLC applications
§ Up to 3 traditional "analog" PLC channels
§ 4 integrated Narrowband Modems
§ Integrated teleprotection (2 x 4 commands)
§ Extended Carrier Frequency range up to 1000 kHz
§ Protects your investment
§ ETL500 can be upgraded to ETL600
 ETL600 – Key Features
ETL600 integrates Digital PLC and
Analog PLC in the same platform
§ETL600-050-1 §ETL600-100-2
(50 W, single rack system) Analog (100 W, dual rack system)

§ Digital emulation of Analog PLC

§ Up to 3 "speech plus" channels
§ Programmable Single-Side-Band
modulation (SSB)
§ Integrated FDM multiplexing
§ Integrated Teleprotection

Digital
§ Flexible bandwidth selection
§ Integrated digital modulation (MCM, OFDM)
§ Dynamic speed adaptation (DSA)
• Scalable § Integrated TDM multiplexing
• Flexible § Integrated Ethernet switch / IP router §ETL600-050-2
§ Up to 16 compressed telephony channels (50 W, dual rack system)
• Future-proof à also available
§ Integrated Teleprotection
§© ABB Group
§March 17, 2016 | Slide 33
ETL600 R4 - Mechanical Design
ETL600-050-1 (50 W, single rack system)

§ Front view § Rear view Backplane

§ © ABB Group

§ March 17, 2016 | Slide 34

4 slots for O4LE, Single or redundant Amplifier (forms part Cable run
O4CV, G4AI power supply of the housing)
(max. 3x O4CV)
ETL600 R4 - Mechanical Design §Also available:
§ETL600-050-2
ETL600-100-2 (100 W, dual rack system) (50 W, dual rack system,
7 slots for O4LE, O4CV, G4AI )
§ Front view § Rear view
§ © ABB Group

§ March 17, 2016 | Slide 35

7 slots for O4LE, O4CV, G4AI (max. 5x O4LE, max. 4x O4CV)

ETL600 – Multi-Service PLC

§ Teleprotection
§ © ABB Group
§ 4 or 8 simultaneous commands in 4 or 8 kHz
§ March 17, 2016 | Slide 36

§ 3 simultaneous + 1 prioritized commands in 2 kHz

§ Blocking, permissive- or direct tripping

§ Voice Frequency Signals

§ Up to 3 speech channels
§ 4-wire E&M, 2-wire FXO or FXS
§ Up to 20 teleoperation channels
§ Analog VF signals (e.g. from modems in RTUs)

§ Data Transmission
§ Narrowband data
§Applications § 100 bps to 9'600 bps

configurable with § Broadband data

§ 9'600 bps up to 256 kbps
a few mouse- § Up to 16 compressed voice channels
clicks § 4-wire E&M, 2-wire FXO or FXS
§ Ethernet / IP
ETL600 R4
RF-Converter types

§ P4LTb
§ © ABB Group

§ 1x V.11, 2x V.24
§ March 17, 2016 | Slide 38

§ P4LV
§ 1x V.11, 2x V.24
§ 3x electrical LAN,
1x optical LAN (SFP)
§ 2x digital transit
§ P4LX
§ 2x V.11, 4x V.24,
§ 3x electrical LAN,
1x optical LAN (SFP)
§ 2x digital transit
ETL600 - Flexible Bandwidth Selection

§Teleprotection
§ © ABB Group
§0 §4 §8 §12 §16 §20 §24 ….. §32 kHz
§ March 17, 2016 | Slide 39

§Up to 3 traditional analog PLC § … and/or one digital PLC channel

with 32 kHz max. (up to 256+ kbps
§channels with 4 kHz …
data)
§Teleprotection §Teleprotection

§Teleop.
§Example:
§Speech §or Data
§APLC §DPLC

§4 kHz §4 kHz

• Use the bandwidth as you prefer

• Increase functionality as you need
MOD600 Above Speech: General Features

§ Two new operating modes available from ETL600 Rel.3.2 onwards:

§ © ABB Group

§ DPLC of 2 kHz bandwidth above analog speech in 2 kHz APLC

§ March 17, 2016 | Slide 41

§ DPLC of 6 kHz bandwidth above analog speech in 2 kHz APLC

APLC DPLC
Speech 2kHz,
NSD600#1

B n= 4 or 8 kHz
Ch1
fn fn +Bn

§ Both modes allow one or two additional APLC channels of 4 kHz

APLC DPLC APLC DPLC
Speech 2kHz,
NSD600#1 NSD600#2 Speech
NSD600#1 NSD600#2
2kHz

Bn= 8 or 12 kHz Ch1

B n= 12 or 16 kHz Ch1 Ch2 Ch3
Ch2
fn fn +Bn fn fn +Bn

§ No teleprotection configurable in 2 or 6 kHz DPLC

 Telephony Operation Modes

§2-wire Service Phone

2-wire point-point hot
line (direct phone)

§2-wire
Remote Subscriber

§4-wire
Remote Subscriber

§4-wirePABX
with E&M signaling

§© ABB Group §PAX- Private Automatic eXchange

§March 17, 2016 | Slide 46 PABX - Private Automatic Branch eXchange
Analog Speech plus Teleoperation

§ Universal Voice Frequency interface module

§ © ABB Group
§ March 17, 2016 | Slide 47
for "transparent" transmission of
§ Speech signals
§ One telephony channel, I/Os programmable for
§ 4-wire E&M (“Ear & Mouth” signaling)
§ 2-wire
Foreign eXchange Subscriber (FXS), or
Foreign eXchange Office (FXO)
§ Hotline or Service Phone
§ Teleoperation signals
§ 4 VF teleoperation I/Os, 300 to 3720 Hz
(with telephony -> 3 teleoperation I/Os)
§ 4 programmable digital transit filters
(with telephony -> 2 digital transit filters)

§VF (O4LE) § configurable to I/P or O/P ports

§ Up to 5 interface modules pluggable
Integrated Vocoder
Digital Compressed Speech

§ More speech channels

§ © ABB Group

§ March 17, 2016 | Slide 48

§ “Clear voice” - no disturbing corona noise

§ 4 channels per module,

up to 4 modules pluggable
§ Speech compression acc. ITU-T G.723.1
5.3 kbps (ACELP) or 6.3 kbps (MPC-MLQ)
§ up to 4 speech channels in 4 kHz
§ up to 8 speech channels in 8 kHz
§ up to 16 speech channels in 16 kHz

§More speech channels - noise-free

Integrated Digital Voice Compression

§ Configurable interfaces per channel

§ © ABB Group

§ March 17, 2016 | Slide 49

§ Foreign eXchange Subscriber (FXS)
§ Foreign eXchange Office (FXO)
§ 4-wire with E&M signaling
§ Voice coder, optimized for human voice
§ according to ITU-T G.723.1
§ with 5.3 or 6.3 kbps data rate
§ Services
§ Voice
§ FAX
§ Signalization
§ DTMF
§ E&M with pulse-code dialing
§Digital Speech
§ Call Progress Tones CP
(O4CV) (dial-, busy- & idle-tones)
Integrated Teleprotection
§Substation A §Substation B
§HV Line
§ © ABB Group

§ March 17, 2016 | Slide 51

§ETL600 §ETL600

§IED §IED

§Teleprotection System

§Protection System

§Integrated Teleprotection eliminates the need for external devices

è Performance and reliability optimized solution
Integrated Teleprotection Equipment NSD600

§ For the transmission of blocking, permissive- and

direct tripping protection commands
§ 4 commands in 4 kHz bandwidth
§ 8 commands in 8 kHz bandwidth
§ Commands are independently configurable
and simultaneously transferrable in any combination
(patent protected)
§ Adaptive signal evaluation for shortest
transmission times, without compromising security
(patent protected)
§ No extra bandwidth required:
§ Alternate operation with speech
§ Alternate operation with data

§Fast, dependable and secure

§© ABB Group
§March 17, 2016 | Slide 52
NSD600 Functionality

§Guard tone
§
§Command
© ABB Group
tones
§is pilot of
§ March 17, 2016 | Slide 53

§PLC equipment

§ §

§Speech §Narrowband data

(0.3 … 2.0 kHz)
§and/or NSD570 signals

§ Requires virtually no bandwidth

§ Command signals transmitted in PLC speech band
§ Signal boosting for best use of available Tx power
§ Guard signal = PLC pilot
§ Programming of own NSD600 guard signal is possible
NSD600 Teleprotection Interface G4AI

§ 4 DC isolated inputs (< 10 mA)

§ © ABB Group

§ March 17, 2016 | Slide 54

§ 4 DC isolated solid state ouputs (< 2 A)
§ 2 electro-mechanical relays with a changeover
contact (heavy duty, 5 A carry)
§ programmable normally open (NO)
or normally closed (NC)
§ Nominal battery voltage range for command
injection/reception: 24 VDC ... 250 VDC
§ Onboard internal tripping voltage 24 VDC
(tripping by an external dry contact only)
§ LEDs for each input/output state
§ Associated HMI functions
§TPE (G4AI) § Up to 7 interface modules pluggable
Single Purpose Teleprotection in 2 kHz APLC

§ 3 simultaneous commands +
1 prioritized command
§ Blocking, permissive or direct tripping
§Speech (prioritized command -> direct)
§ Timed or persistent commands
§2 kHz
§ Service voice channel (pt-pt)
300 Hz … 1600 Hz

§Saving bandwidth for dedicated teleprotection

§when frequency congestion is a problem

§Software configurable using standard ETL600

§© ABB Group
§March 17, 2016 | Slide 55
Single Purpose Teleprotection in 2.5 kHz APLC
Available with ETL600 Rel.4.1 (March 2013)

§ 4 simultaneous + independent
commands
§ Blocking, permissive or direct tripping
§Speech individually configurable
§ Timed or persistent commands
§2.5 kHz
§ Service voice channel (pt-pt)
300 Hz … 2000 Hz

§Saving bandwidth for dedicated teleprotection

§when frequency congestion is a problem

§Software configurable using standard ETL600

§© ABB Group
§March 17, 2016 | Slide 56
High-speed data transmission

§32 kHz max

§4 §8 §12 §16 §20 §24 §28 §32

Bandwidth Max. data • Programmable bandwidth

(kHz) speed (kbps) *)
4 32 • Dynamic speed adaptation (DSA)
8 64
• Automatic jammer suppression
12 96
16 128 • Internal TDM Multiplexer for
20 160
10 data channels and
16 compressed voice channels
24 192
28 224
§ *) actual speeds depend on prevailing line
32 256 condition (signal attenuation, noise level)
§© ABB Group
§March 17, 2016 | Slide 57
Transmission speed versus SNR

§Source: Cigré TF D2.08, 2005

§Bandwidth
rate

§(kHz)
§(kbps)
§Data

§© ABB Group
§March 17, 2016 | Slide 58
 ETL600 – High speed data transmission
Historically, data speed over PLC channels had been limited to few kbps.
Now up to 300 kbps are possible!

§ Higher speed = higher

vulnerability by line noise
§ Go / No-Go threshold
characteristic of digital systems
may cause communication to fail
è Automatic/dynamic speed
adaptation is a must!

§foul … fair weather

• Data transmission speed up to 300 kbps

• Dynamic Speed Adaptation + Automatic Jammer Suppression
for maximum data throughput and availability
§© ABB Group
§March 17, 2016 | Slide 59
 DSA - The key to high link availability
n DSA keeps your
system running over a
rate

§DSA wide range of SNR

§(kbps)
§Data

n Highest average data

throughput
n Sustained operation
under difficult channel
§SNR (dB)
conditions

§foul
… fair weather
high …. low noise

• Dynamic Speed Adaptation (DSA)

automatically adapts the data rate to the prevailing line conditions
• Programmable service priorities
• Teleprotection always has 1st priority
§© ABB Group
§March 17, 2016 | Slide 60
LAN600: Provides Three Services

1. Switching/Routing
§ © ABB Group

§
§ Transmission of Ethernet/IP traffic over PLC link (via MUX/MOD600)
March 17, 2016 | Slide 62

§ No external switch/router needed (4 port switch, 16 IP routes)

§ Efficient use of LAN600 capacity due to IP packet header
compression (TCP/IP à RFC 1144, VoIP à RFC 3095)
2. HMI over LAN
§ Direct access over LAN, in addition to RS-232 interface
§ Remote broadband access over DPLC, instead of EOC (100 Bd)
3. SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)
§ ETL alarm polling with SNMP interface (SNMP v1 and v2 supported)
§ Supervision of mixed ETL500/ETL600 networks possible
§ Integration in communication network management system

• 3 electrical ports (10/100Base-TX with auto MDI/MDIX)

• 1 optical port (SFP transceiver)
§EOC - Embedded Operations Channel §MDI- Medium Dependent Interface
SFP - Small Form-factor Pluggable MDIX - Medium Dependent Interface Crossover
LAN Coupling: Without ETL600/LAN600

§LAN – Coupling requires external router

§LAN 2
§LAN 1
§Power Line

§Digita

§Digita
l PLC

l PLC
§Router §Router

§X.21 §X.21

§Control Center §Regional Center

§© ABB Group
§March 17, 2016 | Slide 63
LAN600 Service “Switching/Routing“

§LAN – Coupling without external router is possible

§LAN 2
§LAN 1
§Power Line

§ETL60

§ETL60
0

0
§9.6 – 256 kbps

§Control Center §Regional Center

§Fall-back / fall-forward
§© ABB Group
supported
§March 17, 2016 | Slide 64
Typical VoIP Application

§Customers want to transmit IP-based voice

§ © ABB Group
traffic over the ETL600 PLC link
§ March 17, 2016 | Slide 65

§IP = Internet Protocol

§LAN = Local Area Network
§PLC = Power Line Carrier
§LAN600 Service “SNMP“
§à Up to 5 SNMP management stations can be served

§FT 1.2

§© ABB Group §FT = Transmission Frame Format according IEC 60870-5-1

§March 17, 2016 | Slide 66
 ETL600 - Human-Machine Interface HMI600

§ Windows®- based HMI

§ Equipment settings
§ System monitoring
§ Commissioning support
§ Link equalization
§ Filter tuning
§ Spectral analysis
§ In-service monitoring
§ Local and remote terminal
§ Equipment status
§ Link performance
§SimplifiedCommissioning, § Alarm polling (network)
Operation and Maintenance

§© ABB Group
§March 17, 2016 | Slide 67
ETL600 – Integrated Testing Facilities
§Examples:

§Spectrum analyzer §Event recorder

§20.11.11 15:52:07.751 Rx Command C end

§20.11.11 15:52:07.640 Tx Command C end
§20.11.11 15:52:07.515 Rx Command C start
§20.11.11 15:52:07.503 Tx Command C start
§20.11.11 15:52:07.175 Rx Command C end
§20.11.11 15:52:07.069 Tx Command C end
§20.11.11 15:52:06.926 Rx Command C start
§20.11.11 15:52:06.914 Tx Command C start
§20.11.11 15:52:06.558 Rx Command C end
§20.11.11 15:52:06.449 Tx Command C end
§© ABB Group
§March 17, 2016 | Slide 68 §20.11.11 15:52:06.315 Rx Command C start
§20.11.11 15:52:06.303 Tx Command C start
§Communication
Network Management - FOXMAN
ONE Management System

§User Interface HMI600

integration in FOXMAN §FOXMAN

§(from
ETL600 Rel.2.2 §SNMP Interface
onwards)

§ETL600 §ETL600 §FOX51x §FOX515H

§ETL600 §AFS67x
§ETL600
§ETL600 §NSD570 §3rd party
§FOX61x §FOX660 §AFR677
§ ETL600: Power Line Carrier for High Voltage Lines
§ NSD570: Standalone Teleprotection Equipment
§ FOX51x: PDH / SDH multiplexers for optical communication incl. Teleprotection modules
TEBIT, OPTIF
§ FOX61x: Universal access transport multiplexer for optical communication incl. Teleprotection
modules TEPI1, OPIC1
§ FOX515H/Hs: Higher order multiplex equipment providing aggregate interfaces up to STM-64
§ FOX660: Higher order multiplex equipment providing enhanced Ethernet features and SDH
aggregate interfaces up to STM-16
§ AFS/AFR67x: Ethernet Switch and Router products for utility environment
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§March 17, 2016 | Slide 70
 ABB communication networks
FOX615 universal multiplexer for utility
networks
§© ABB Group
§March 17, 2016 | Slide 72
ABB’s long-standing experience

Continuity FOX515 FOX615

Functionality FOX-U
Hybrid FO MUX
Investment protection
FOX6+ PDH/ SDH FO MUX

PDH FO MUX

6 channel FO MUX
ETL600
2nd Generation Digital PLC
ETL500
1st Generation Digital PLC

ETI ETL4x/8x
ETA ETB Analog PLC

1940 1980 2000 2010

§© ABB Group
§Slide 73
Requirements for utility communication
Life time cycle

§ Equipment in substation/ utility

environment will be operating
§ © ABB Group
much longer in comparison to
§ March 17, 2016 | Slide 74 public telecom operators
network
§ Very high MTBF of the
equipment required to guarantee
correct operations over total life
cycle
§ Long time availability of spare
parts & extension material
required
FOX615 multiservice platform
Requirements

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§March 17, 2016 | Slide 75
FOX615: Universal Equipment providing SDH and
enhanced PSN Services

§ © ABB Group
§ Slide 76
FOX615 – Utility Grade Multiplexer

Mechanical Layout
§ FOX615
§ 21 slots for modules, including
Central Unit
§ 19”- or ETSI-version available.

§ FOX612
§ 8 slots for modules, incl. CPU
§ Vertical or horizontal mounting

§ High MTBF figures, enhanced

redundancy features
§ Based on international standards
(ITU-T, IEC, IEEE, EN, ETS)
§ Redundant power feeding, distribute
power supply

§© ABB Group
§March 17, 2016 | Slide 77
FOX615: Fanless operation possible

§ © ABB
FOX615 Concept
Reliability – HW redundancy

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
TDM BUS 128 x 2 Mbit/s
10 Gbps 10 GbE 10 Gbps

CESM1
SAMO2

SAMO2

CESM1

SAMO1

SAMO1

SAMO3

SAMO3
LEDA1

LEDA1

LEDS1

LEDS1

COSI1

COSI1
EPSI1

EPSI1

10 GbE 10 GbE

GbE GbE
FOX615 Concept
Reliability – Traffic protection possibilities

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

TDM BUS 128 x 2 Mbit/s

1 1
2 2 2
3 3 3
4 4 4

SAMO2

SAMO2
CESM1
CESM1
LEDS1
OPIC1
TEPI1

§ 1+1 protection on access interface card

§ SNCP protection of VC-12/VC-3 or VC-4
§ MSP 1+1 on 1 or 2 modules
Interoperability with existing FOX515 networks
Extension of existing FOX515 networks

STM-1/4

STM-1/4 STM-1/4/16

STM-1/4

STM-1/4/16
STM-1/4

Network Management
System
Interoperability with existing FOX515 networks
FOX515/ FOX615 full interoperability

§ © ABB Group
§ March 17, 2016 | Slide 82

SCADA polling
Teleprotection
Telephony
Interoperability with existing FOX515 networks
FOX515/ FOX615 module comparison

FOX51x Platform FOX61x Platform Description

FOX512 FOX612 Fiber Optic Multiplexer platform 612
FOX515 § © ABB Group
FOX615 Fiber Optic Multiplexer platform 615
COBUx CESM1 Central Ethernet Switch Module
§ March 17, 2016 | Slide 83
STICx DATI1 SHDSL aggregate TDM module
SUBHx LESU1 Legacy Subscriber interface module
EXLAN LEXI1 Legacy Exchange interface module
NEMSG LEDA1 2/4 wire analogue E&M module
GECOD LECO1 G.703 64kbit/s codirectional interface module
SYN4E / SYNAC SAMO1 SDH aggregate STM-1/4 module
SYN4E / SYNAC SAMO2 SDH aggregate STM-1/4/16 module
LOMIF LEDE1 (LEgacy Data) 8 x E1 port data module
DATAx LEDS1 (LEgacy Data) Multiprotocol serial data module
SWITE EPOI1 Power over Ethernet module
NEBRx ELET1 Electrical 24 port Ethernet module
NEBRx ETOP1 Optical 12 port Ethernet module
ETER1 EPSI1 Ethernet over PDH module
TEBIT / ALCAR TEPI1 Teleprotection interface module
OPTIF OPIC1 Optical protection interface module
 FOX615 SDH backbone functionality

SDH Networks,
up to STM-16

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§March 17, 2016 | Slide 84
FOX615 - SAMO2
Equipment configuration

STM-4 STM-4

STM-16

STM-16
FOX615 - SAMO2
Functionality - overview

STM-16 / STM-4 STM-16 / STM-4

Local Add-Drop Capacity:

SDH Ethernet over SDH PDH

2 x STM-4/1 2.4 Gbit/s capacity 63 x P12 (2 Mbit/s)
155/ 622 Mbit/s 32 EoS ports to / from TDM-BUS

…
TDM-BUS
(FOX615 internal)
Optical GbE Star and/ or 4 electrical front ports
SAMO2: Technical information
Block diagram

SAMO2/ SAMO2-F
STM-1/4 STM-1/4 STM-4/16 STM-4/16 10/100/ 10/100/ 10/100/ 10/100/
1000 1000 1000 1000
4 x AU-4 4 x AU-4 16 x AU-4 16 x AU-4 Base-T Base-T Base-T Base-T

Redundancy Switch

AU-4 cross connect

(128 x 128 VC-4)

80 x AU-4 1008 x TU-12 48 x TU-3

TU-12 cross connect TU-3 cross connect

(1324 x 1324 VC-12) (48 x 48 VC-3)

64 x VC-12 252 x VC-12 24 x VC-3 16 x VC-4

EoS 2 x 1 GbE
P-12
(2.4 Gbit/s) 8 x 100 MbE

Redncy. TDM BUS Backplane GbE 10 GbE

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§March 17, 2016 | Slide 87
FOX615 – SAMO3
Offering hardware protection for E1 circuits

STM-16 / STM-4 STM-16 / STM-4

Local Add-Drop Capacity:

SDH Ethernet over SDH PDH PDH

2 x STM-4/1 2.4 Gbit/s capacity 63 x P12 (2 Mbit/s) 2 x 24 E1
155/ 622 Mbit/s 32 EoS ports to / from TDM-BUS (2Mbit/s)

…
TDM-BUS
(FOX615 internal)
Optical GbE Star and/ or 4 electrical front ports Electrical
 FOX615: Technical information
Applications - Protection of Powerline

§© ABB Group
§March 17, 2016 | Slide 89
FOX615 - made for utilities requirements
Connect the relays directly to the multiplexer

§ © ABB Group
§ Slide 90
FOX615 - Protection just an other service

§ © ABB Group
§ March 17, 2016 | Slide 91
TEPI1 – Teleprotection & binary module
Teleprotection application

Substation A Substation B
HV-line

TEPI1
TEPI1

Protection FOX FOX Protection

Relay 615 615 Relay

one system

§ Full INTEGRATION into the Telecommunication System.

§ Fully included in FOXMAN-UN NMS à fast troubleshooting
§ Less interfaces, less equipment
à Highly INCREASED AVAILABILITY! NMS: Network Management
OPIC1 – IEEE C37.94 interface
Teleprotection application

Substation A Substation B
HV-line

IEEE IEEE
C37.94 C37.94

OPIC1
OPIC1

Protection FOX FOX Protection

Relay 615 615 Relay

one system

§ Full INTEGRATION into the Telecommunication System

§ Fully included in FOXMAN-UN NMS à fast troubleshooting
§ Less interfaces, less equipment
à Highly INCREASED AVAILABILITY! NMS: Network Management
Smart ABB solutions - made for utilities requirements
Main protection FOX615, Backup protection ETL600

Substation A Substation B
HV-line

Backup Backup
OPIC1

OPIC1
Main Main
Protection Protection

one system

§ Full NMS integration provides

§ Full visibility of communication system status
§ Fast reaction time, easy fault finding, fast troubleshooting
§ Highest redundancy level due to diverse protection schemes and
communication medias (FO and PLC) Network Management
TEPI1 enhanced command configuration possibilities
Tee-line operation

Substation A Substation C

TEPI1
§ © ABB Group

FOX615
Slide
§tpi1 95 cmd-1
cmd-1
tpo1 cmd-1 ≥
tpo1
cmd-2

FOX615

TEPI1
Substation B WAN
≥
TEPI1

cmd-1 tpi1
FOX615

tpi2 cmd-2
cmd-2 ≥
tpo2 cmd-2
TEPI1 enhanced command configuration possibilities
Inverse Tee-line operation

Substation A Substation C

TEPI1
§ © ABB Group

FOX615
Slide
§tpi1 96 cmd-1
cmd-1
tpo1 cmd-1 &
tpo1
cmd-2

FOX615

TEPI1
Substation B WAN
&
TEPI1

cmd-1 tpi1
FOX615

tpi2 cmd-2
cmd-2 &
tpo2 cmd-2
TEPI1 - Teleprotection & binary module
Binary signal transmission

Substation A Substation B
HV-line
TEPI1

TEPI1
FOX FOX
Substation 615 615 Substation
Control unit Control unit

§ 8 x voltage & 2 x 4 current loop inputs

§ 8 x voltage and 4 x relay outputs
§© ABB Group
§March 17, 2016 | Slide 97
OPIC1 – IEEE C37.94 optical interface
Differential protection application requirements

S/S A STM-1 to STM-16 S/S B

LED indication:
Status, alarms FOX615 FOX615
T1

IEEE T2 IEEE
C37.94 C37.94

RED RED
670 670

4 x IEEE C37.94
with SFP cages
RED670 with Echo Timing:
(T1 + T2)
Transmission Delay Td =
2

§ Time compensation for Td: Up to 20 ms

§ Delay measurement (loop): Every 5 ms

§© ABB Group
§March 17, 2016 | Slide 99
OPIC1 – IEEE C37.94 optical interface
Differential protection application requirements

S/S A S/S B
MUX MUX
working path

protecting path

To avoid false tripping after switchover from working to protecting path protection
services require:
§ Bi-Directional (symmetrical) switching of receive and transmit path
§© ABB Group
§March 17, 2016 | Slide 100
 FOX615: Technical information
Applications – operational telephony

§© ABB Group
§March 17, 2016 | Slide 101
FOX615 - Telephony Modules - overview

§ 2 wire Subscriber interface (LESU1)

§ 16 x 2 wire FXS ports
§ 2 wire a/b interface
§ 2 wire FXO interface (LEXI1)
§ 12 x 2 wire FXO ports
§ 1+1 protection
§ Simulates telephone sets towards the exchange
§ 2/4 wire E&M interface (LEDA1)
§ 8 x 2/4 wire interfaces (AF) 300 Hz – 3.4 kHz
§ Including conferencing functionality (32 participants)
§ Equipment protection for conferencing functionality
§ 1+1 protection
§ Provides tests loops and test signal insertion

§© ABB Group
§March 17, 2016 | Slide 102
COSI1 – integrated 2w voice – VoIP conversion
Utility grade solution with SIP@NET

SIP@NET SIP@NET
Redundancy

VoIP Network VoIP

COSI1
COSI1

2 wire
LESU1

SUBH1
2 wire
 FOX615: Technical information
Applications – legacy Data (e.g. SCADA 101)

§© ABB Group
§March 17, 2016 | Slide 107
LEDS1 – universal serial data interface
SCADA application, point to point topology

§ Serial data channels from the

SCADA center to the RTUs
§ Protected channel programming
possible using 1+1 on 64 kbit/s
level or standard SNCP
§ Data rates from 0.6 kbit/s up to
n x 64 kbit/s possible
§ Fully interoperable between
FOX515 (DATAx/ UNIDA) and
FOX615 (LEDS1)

§© ABB Group
§March 17, 2016 | Slide 108
 FOX615: Technical information
Applications - LAN

§© ABB Group
§March 17, 2016 | Slide 109
Enhanced Ethernet/ IP functionality
Ethernet access/uplink interfaces

§ Different amount of Ports

§ 12 x SFP cage for 100/1000 Base-
FX
§ 24 x 10/100/1000 Base-T
§ 2 x GbE/ 10 GbE SFP(+) & 3 x
10/100/1000 Base-T
§ 4 x 10/100 Base-T with L2 switching
or L3 routing
§ VLAN and VLAN Tag stacking
§ Traffic prioritization
§ Can be used for interconnection with
remote sites (aggregation switches)
ETOP1 - Optical Ethernet access interface

§ 12 x SFP cage for 100/1000 Base-FX

§ VLAN and VLAN Tag stacking
§ Traffic prioritization
§ Can be used for interconnection with
GbE remote sites (aggregation switches)
access
100/1000 towards
Base-FX backplane
(SFP cages)
ELET1 - Electrical Ethernet access interface

§ 24 x 100/1000 BaseT port

§ VLAN and VLAN Tag stacking
§ Traffic priorization
§ 2 Slot module
§ Up to 10 can be plugged into 1 FOX615
GbE
access à 240 ports
100/1000 towards
BaseT backplane
CESM1 - Ethernet Core Interface

§ Ethernet Switch functionality with 64

Gbit/s capacity
Alarm LEDs
§ Access to GbE star
Synchronization
§ VLAN and VLAN Tag stacking as
per IEEE 802.1Q
Management
§ Management interface

3 x 1000 BaseT § Synchronization interface

§ Redundant configuration possible
§ Support of IEEE 1588 v2
2 x SFP cage
GbE or 10 GbE § Synchronous Ethernet
EPOI1 - Power over Ethernet interface

§ 12 Port 10/100/1000 Base-T providing Power over Ethernet

functionality
§ Support of PoE or PoE+ (up to 34 W per Port)
§ Total PoE capacity of max. 84 W
§ Part of distributed switching architecture
§ Fanless operation possible
§ VLAN and VLAN Tag stacking
§ Traffic prioritization
§ Can be used for connecting and powering VoIP phones, IP
cameras or WIFI routers
EPSI1
L2/ L3 Ethernet access interface for SCADA 104

§ Interface providing special functionality for SCADA applications

§ Supports Linear, Ring and Star networks
§ Bridging/ Switching (L2)
§ OSPF V2 & RIP V2 Routing
§ Router Redundancy (VRRP)
§ Main Features
§ Port-based VLAN and VLAN tagging
§ Multiple Switching Instances
§ STP and RSTP
§ QoS and Traffic Management
§ 4 queues
§ Strict priority based queuing
§ PPP termination (n x 64 kbit/s and 2 Mbit/s)
§ Multilink PPP (up to 16 x E1)
FOXMAN-UN: ONE Management System

§© ABB Group
§March 17, 2016 | Slide 118
FOXMAN-UN
Functionality

Fault Management
§ Status supervision
§ © ABB Group § Alarm documentation

§ March 17, 2016 | Slide 119 Configuration Management

§ Equipment configuration
§ Network configuration

Account management
§ Providing information for accounting

Performance Management
§ According to ITU-T G.826

Safety Management
§ Access / Intrusion Control
§ Software
§ Physical intrusion
FOXMAN-UN
Hierarchical structure
Display of Network
§ Different levels of
§ © ABB Group communication network:
§ Global
§ March 17, 2016 | Slide 120 § Per region
§ Detailed - down to the
communication room
§ Color code for condition of
equipment

Display of Equipment
§ Different types of information:
§ Shelf with status of modules
§ Alarm lists (through specific
filters)
§ History of alarms
§ Many others
§ Color code on module level for
condition of equipment
 FOX615
Migration scenarios
§© ABB Group
§March 17, 2016 | Slide 121
Migration to Packet Switched
What is it all about?

§ © ABB Group
§ Slide 122
Migration to Packet Switched
Key Questions

§ How to deal with

§ © ABB Group installed base?

§ Slide 123 § How to offer

communication to
legacy applications?
§ How to deal with
protection
applications requiring
hard real time
communication
performance?
§ How to ensure data
integrity?
1. Feedback from latest CIGRÉ poll (D2.35/draft)
Customer concerns & expectations

§ © ABB Group
§ March 17, 2016 | Slide 124

82 filled out surveys were received from

29 different countries
Poll 2009 / 2010 Poll 2012 / 2013
Migration to Packet Switched
FOX615 TDM / PSN hybrid network

GbE/10GbE

§ © ABB Group
STM-1/4/16
§ March 17, 2016 | Slide 125

MPLS-TP

STM-1/4/16

Network Management
System GbE/10GbE
Migration to Packet Switched
FOX515/ FOX615 combined networks

§ © ABB Group
§ March 17, 2016 | Slide 126

One Network
Management System
Migration to Packet Switched
Point-to-Point services voice
PBX PBX

§ © ABB Group
§ March 17, 2016 | Slide 127

SDH Network

Example Legacy Telephony:

- 2-wire Subscribers
- 4-wire/ E1 Trunking
Migration to Packet Switched
Point-to-Point service SCADA 101

RTU

§ © ABB Group SCADA

Front-End
§ March 17, 2016 | Slide 128

SDH Network

RTU
RTU Example Legacy SCADA:
- RS-232/ V.11/ RS-485
Migration to Packet Switched point to point services
ITU-T compliant circuit emulation for uncritical services

PBX
2 wire
§ © ABB Group

CEPI1
CEPI1
§ March 17, 2016 | Slide 129

RS-232

PSN WAN
CEPI1

CEPI1
2 wire RS-232
Migration to Packet Switched
specific solution for mission critical services

PSN

Distance Protection
Differential Protection

§© ABB Group
§March 17, 2016 | Slide 130
Differential protection via PSN
Solution needs to provide

PSN

§ Reliable transmission of current, voltage or phasor measurements

§ Guaranteed latency time of < 10 ms
§ Ensured that no wrong tripping is cause due to communication problems
§ Guaranteed symmetry of data channel of < 150 us
§ Guaranteed jitter/ wander of < 150 us
§ Ensure data integrity of trip signals in packet based wide area networks
§ Ensure availability of > 99.999% for mission critical applications
§ End to end channel supervision and centralized alarming in NMS

§© ABB Group
§March 17, 2016 | Slide 132
FOX615: made for utility requirements
OPIC2 – benefits for Teleprotection

Reliability
§ All optical interconnection, from protection relay to protection
§ © ABB
relayGroup
via multiplexer
§ End to end channel supervision
§ March 17, 2016 | Slide 133
§ Fix defined, symmetrical latency time - guarantee for no
wrong trip signals due to lack of communication channel
performance
Availability
§ Integrated into one single equipment – less hardware, less
wiring and higher system availability
§ Supervision from centralized Network Management System
including Teleprotection
§ Provide test loops for maintenance and fault finding
Redundancy
§ Hitless redundancy for protection signals
Cyber Security
§ Guaranteed data integrity through authentication of
protection signals
Distance protection via PSN
Solution needs to provide

PSN

§ Reliable transmission of trip signals

§ Guaranteed latency time of < 10 ms
§ Ensured dependability and security as per IEC60834-1
§ Ensure data integrity of trip signals in packet based wide area networks
§ Ensure availability of > 99.999% for mission critical applications
§ End to end real time channel supervision and centralized alarming in NMS
§ Advanced testing & measurement functions such as loop tests, latency measurement,
packet counters and event recorder
§ Unblocking signal for protection relay in case of communication failure

§© ABB Group
§March 17, 2016 | Slide 134
FOX615: made for utility requirements
TEPI2 – reliable protection command transmission

§ © ABB Group
§ Slide 135

IEC60834-1 compliant
Migration to PSN
Summary

§ Migration from TDM to PSN is not only changing the WAN technology
§ Solutions for legacy applications need to be evaluated before migration can be
considered
§ Interface type needs to be available
§ Performance requirements need to be met
§ Different solutions for different applications will be required, adapted to the
specific requirements
§ Additional effort/ burden of such solution needs to be evaluated
§ Migration makes only sense when majority of applications are PSN based
§ Additional aspects like cyber security, processes or know-how need to be
considered
§ Migration should be done when you feel ready, not caused by pressure from
outside due to vendors equipment/ technology roadmaps

§ © ABB Group

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