FOX615 Multiservice Communication Solutions

Mission-critical networks

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The consequences of failures in mission-critical networks

Can the Utility industry afford failures in mission-critical communication network?

Power outage Service disruption Asset damage Economical loss

Teleprotection failures Loss of grid visibility Long repair time Unsatisfied customers
Grid instability Inability to restore Increased CAPEX Increased OPEX

Utility requires a highly reliable mission-critical network for OT operation

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Mission-Critical OT Communication for a reliable utility

Application centric High reliability and availability

Real-time, symmetrical and deterministic Always on
5 ms network delay
150 us jitter & asymmetry
1us accurate time synchronization

Situational awareness
Full visibility of grid status
Legacy technologies
20+ year lifetime

Cybersecurity
Protection without performance constraints

Environmental robustness
Extreme temperature and EMC
Regulation
24-hour emergency operations

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Mission-critical communication enabling digitalization

Secure the OT challenges while enabling an evolving digital industry

Digital
Renewables transformation

Grid
Greener Technological
efficiency innovation

Cost-efficient

Operational Investment
efficiency optimization

Stronger Smarter
Increased Extended
reliability Connectivity

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Mission-critical network for a reliable and digital future

Applications with diverging requirements

Protection
SCADA

Voice

Video Future-proof
surveillance IEC61850

Physical
security

Asset Network Legacy Guaranteed

management Availability interfaces performance

Utility Scalable Technology Cyber Network

Operation multiservice migration security visibility

Network modernization challenges

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FOX615 Utility-grade communication solution

The operational complexity of the utility industry

Intense magnetic and IEEE1613

electrical fields Type tested

Extreme temperature -20°C ÷ 65°C

Critical infrastructure 99.999%

requiring short downtime Availability

20-year lifetime FOX615 multiservice platform

Long-term investments
and support

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FOX615 Multiservice platform with integrated teleprotection

Increase efficiency while reducing operational

costs and maximizing uptime

FOXMAN-UN
Unified management for MPLS-TP & SDH

IP Ethernet

2 Wire Serial Data

TRIP & IEEE C37.94

GOOSE

Distance Differential
Protection Time of Day Protection
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FOX615 Powerful multi-technology transport platform

MPLS-TP Seamless migration Unified

Robust MPLS-TP for True hybrid for seamless
mission-critical transition of SDH to MPLS-TP management
operation operation

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MPLS-TP: SDH-mimic packet-based technology

Technology features SDH MPLS-TP

(TDM-based) (Packet-based)

Static, user-defined channel routing

Bidirectional communication channels

End-to-end channel supervision

Non-routable protocol

Deterministic data channels

< 50 ms end-to-end channel switchover guaranteed

MPLS-TP is the most logical migration path as explained in CIGRE Green Book
“Utility Communication Networks and services”
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FOX615 True hybrid platform

Enabling stepwise migration from SDH to MPLS-TP

Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3

Circuit-switched Hybrid platform Packet-switched
technology Concurrent operation of SDH and technology
MPLS-TP

VoIP VPN

SCADA VPN
MPLS-TP
Teleprotection VPN

Any service L2/L3 VPN

SDH MPLS-TP
SDH

FOX515
FOX615 FOX615
SDH
SDH

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FOX615 designed for the migration challenges of teleprotection

Packet-switched
WAN
Relay Multiplexer Multiplexer Relay

TDM TDM to Packet network TDM

Challenges Challenges Challenges

How to guarantee network performance Compliancy to IEC 60834-1

Legacy interfaces
From network determinism to best effort approach Optimized for TDM network
Legacy technologies
Cybersecurity Packet loss

end-to-end network delay and jitter

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FOX615 Integrated teleprotection with guaranteed performance

Beyond the simple benefits of MPLS-TP with total channel and application supervision

Application requirements FOX615

Distance protection

TRIP
Network delay < 10 ms TEPI2 Distance
Relay

Channel symmetry < 400 us Differential protection

IEEE C37.94
OPIC2 Differential
Relay
Traffic switchover < 5 ms hitless
IEC-61850 protection

IEC GOOSE &

Compliancy Sampled values
60834-1 TEGO1 Distance &
Differential

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FOX615 Multi-fault resiliency for uninterrupted operation

Station B Primary CC
99.999%
Availability

Station A wo
FOX615 rk
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FOX615 FOX615
Secondary CC
FOX615

prot
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ted
FOX615

Dual-homing

FOX615
FOX615 FOX615
Active Standby
unit unit

Equipment protection Traffic and service protection Link redundancy

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FOX615: Keep your network synchronized and secure

End-to-end scalable and accurate synchronization solution

Substation B

Substation C
FOX615 PTP Profile translation
Control center PTP Power Profile

FOX615 with TEGO1

Station Bus

FOX615 WAN
PTP Telecom Profile

Substation A
IED

FOX615

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FOXMAN-UN for greater network visibility and manageability

MPLS-TP & SDH

Access Performance
Management Management

Service & Security Configuration

Management Management

Fault FOXMAN-UN Teleprotection

Management Management

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FOX615 Comprehensive cybersecurity suite

Access Network Applications Holistic security

Account management Network security Application security

User privileges and monitoring Defend the network perimeter Service protection

Role and domain-based access Secure management protocols
User authentication (Radius) Equipment hardening
Accounting management Network inventory
Port Based Network Access (802.1x)
Traffic segmentation
Rate limiters
OSPF Authentication
Quantum-safe encryption
Access Control Lists (ACL)
Authentication of critical data
Data integrity
Diverse routing of data with
hitless redundancy
FOX615
IEC 62443 Cybersecurity
L2 firewall for critical data NERC-CIP

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FOX615 Quantum-safe encryption for a future-proof network

01 End-to-end encryption

SENC1

02 Truly random quantum-key

Quantum-Safe
ENCRYPTION

03 Guaranteed performance

04 Accurate synchronization 1 us

05 Ultra low latency 2.5us

06 Ultra low jitter 2 ns

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FOX615 Modular and scalable communication solutions

FOX610* FOX611 FOX612 FOX615

Total slots 19”, 1HU Housing 4 Slots 8 Slots 21 Slots

Applications Access Access Access/Aggregation Access/Aggregation/Core

Capacity 1/10 GbE 1/10 GbE 1/10 GbE 1/10/40 GbE

Central units Fixed configuration CESM1/2 CESM1/2/3 CESM1/2/3

Teleprotection - Integrated Integrated Integrated

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FOX610: Compact packet networking device

FOX610 Utility-grade Key features

IEEE 1613 compliance
Extended temperature range
• -25°C … + 55°C
• Fanless operation
Redundant power supply (48VDC)
Low power consumption
Alarm interfaces (2x Input / 2x Output)
MPLS-TP Functions (VPWS, VPLS)
• 2x 1/10 GbE Ports
• 2x 1 GbE Ports
• 1x 10/100/1000 BaseT
Ethernet access
• 4x 10/100/1000 Mbps Electrical ports
• 4x 100/1000 Mbps Optical ports
• PoE on specific ports

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FOX615 Modules overview – Core units

Core CESMx EPEX1 SENC1

Units

Central units Port expansion unit Encryption units

Service
units
MPLS-TP functions Additional MPLS-TP ports Quantum-safe encryption
Control of system operation 4 x 1/10GbE ports Real-time performance
Monitoring of system performance 1 x 40GbE port Hop-by-hop encryption
Synchronization function End-to-end encryption
Protection Node supervision and management PTP encryption
units
MPLS-TP Cards for network core and aggregation

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FOX615 Modules overview – Service units

SDH TDM ETH

Core
Units SAMOx units Legacy interface Ethernet/IP units

Service TDM-Interfaces
units G.991.2 / G.703 / G.704
Ethernet and routing
SDH/PDH uplink unit V.24 / V.28 / V.35 / V.11 / X.24
STM1/4/16 RS485 / 2&4-Wire High-density port (up to 24x)
Electrical and optical ports
Traffic protection
Circuit emulation PoE/PoE+ Available
Ethernet over SDH (EoS)
Enable TDM over packet Advanced QoS
Performance monitoring
Protection CESoPSN service String redundancy (RSTP, VRRP)
units Synchronous equipment timing
Add & drop multiplexer CESoETH service IP wire speed routing
SAToP service

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FOX615 Modules overview – Integrated teleproteciton units

Core TEPIx OPIC2 TEGO1

Units
Distance protection Differential protection IEC61850

Service
units Physical binary I/O
Guaranteed latency <10ms
Compliancy to IEC60834-1
Hitless traffic protection
End-to-end delay measurements
Performance monitoring
Protection Data authentication
units
C37.94
High performance circuit emulation
Guaranteed asymmetry <150us
Hitless traffic protection
Siemens FO5 support
Performance monitoring
Data authentication
Support of distance protection
IEC 61850 Gateway function
GOOSE and SV Messages
PRP support
PTP Profile translation
Hitless traffic protection
Performance monitoring
Data authentication

Integrated teleprotection with end-to-end supervision

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FOX615 Outstanding multiservice technology for power utilities

True Multiservice Utility-grade

• Legacy & packet technology • Reliability >99.999%
• Integrated teleprotection • Temperature -25°C ÷ +65°C
• IEC61850 GOOSE & SV • EMC/EMI ultra-robust

Guaranteed performance 100% Network visibility

• Real-time & deterministic • Unified NMS for SDH & MPLS-TP
• Symmetric communication • Teleprotection supervision
• network delay < 5 ms • Intuitive management system
• network jitter < 150us

Scalable synchronization Extraordinary lifecycle

• Ultra-long lifetime
• Synchronous Ethernet
• High MTBF
• IEEE1588v2 PTP
• Accuracy 1 us
Hitachi-ABB
Communication Solutions
Highly scalable Holistic cybersecurity
• 1/10/40GbE Capacity • Quantum-Safe encryption
• MPLS-TP & L2/L3 VPN • Wire-speed encryption
• True hybrid SDH/Packet

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Why Hitachi Energy

1879 1940s 1980s 1990s 2010s 2014 2016 2017 2021

ABB
FOX515 FOX615
Power Line
Wireless
Communication First integrated becomes IEC 61850-
ABB installs first teleprotection Expands Intelligent capable with the
PLC and protection interface PDH/SDH Platforms for Smart introduction of
signaling equipment FO MUX Grids MESH RADIO TEGO1 interface card

ASCOM/Keymile FOX61+ FOX615 FOX615 FOX615

Transmission ATR First optical FOX Hybrid Multiplexer Introduction of Increased capacity
Hasler Telegraphen link installed on HV legacy and MPLS- TEPI2, OPIC2 for up to 40GbE
Werkstätte AG lines with integrated TP packet features teleprotection over FOX615
teleprotection PSN Synchronization
Scalable and highly
accurate
synchronization
solution

​Innovation built upon over 140 years of utility communications

experience

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FOX615 Global light-on references

Utility

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FOX615 Ready for the challenges of tomorrow

Challenges Solutions
FOX615
Harsh environment Utility-grade with extraordinary lifetime
Long-term investment and extreme availability

Risk-free and seamless end-to-end

Technology migration migration through hybrid network

Integrated teleprotection with guaranteed

Teleprotection migration performance

From legacy technologies to future

Legacy and future technologies IEC61850 for digital substation.

Holistic cybersecurity with

Cyber security quantum-safe encryption

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