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Use Case: Meter communicates with utility infrastructure on important metrics, such as energy usage and electrical quality. Used to control and monitor home appliances and collect information for diagnosis about the utility grid.
Device(s)
Smart MetersKPIs
E2E Latency: Best effort Jitter: Not Sensitive Data Rate: Very Low: <100kbps Availability: Best Effort Criticality: Mission critical Communication Direction: Two-way Common Communication Mode: Unicast Data Reporting Mode: Hybrid Driven Notes: Time and QueryMobility (type/speed): Fixed Service Continuity: Not Required Device Autonomy (Power Constrained): No Connectivity Type: WAN - Cellular, LPWA, Satellite Priority Services (NS/EP): No (it would not) Guaranteed Service: Non-GBR Security: High Lifespan: Long: More than 8 years Device Density: High (≥10000) Location Based Services: Fixed (no LBS needed) Slice Type Slice Type: mMTC -
Use Case: Transmission requires systems that can monitor the health and safety of transmission lines and circuit breakers. These include various combinations of sensors to measure voltage, current, capacitance, humidity, moisture, temperature, time synchronization, and intelligent electronic devices Initiate alerts for critical events - e.g., voltage collapse
Device(s)
Smart Transmission GridKPIs
E2E Latency: Very low: < 1ms Jitter: Sensitive Data Rate: Very Low: <100kbps Availability: High: 95 - 99.999% Criticality: Safety critical Communication Direction: Two-way Common Communication Mode: Multicast Data Reporting Mode: Hybrid Driven Notes: Event and timeMobility (type/speed): Fixed Service Continuity: Not Required Device Autonomy (Power Constrained): No Connectivity Type: WAN - Cellular, LPWA, Satellite Priority Services (NS/EP): No (it would not) Guaranteed Service: Delayed-Critical GBR Security: High Lifespan: Long: More than 8 years Device Density: Low (<1000) Location Based Services: Fixed (no LBS needed) Slice Type Slice Type: uRLLC -
Use Case: Smart sensors integrated with current fault monitoring circuits to provide more reliable and accurate monitoring of, and response to, outages along the grid. Sensors here can provide real-time critical system information, often inductively powered using batteries or energy harvesting systems.
Device(s)
Smart Control & MonitoringKPIs
E2E Latency: Very low: < 1ms Jitter: Sensitive Data Rate: Very Low: <100kbps Availability: High: 95 - 99.999% Criticality: Safety critical Communication Direction: Two-way Common Communication Mode: Multicast Data Reporting Mode: Hybrid Driven Notes: Event and timeMobility (type/speed): Fixed Service Continuity: Not Required Device Autonomy (Power Constrained): No Connectivity Type: WAN - Cellular, LPWA, Satellite Priority Services (NS/EP): No (it would not) Guaranteed Service: Non-GBR Security: High Lifespan: Long: More than 8 years Device Density: Low (<1000) Location Based Services: Fixed (no LBS needed) Slice Type Slice Type: uRLLC
