Looking at white papers, data sheets and articles about narrowband PLC, I get confused about the data rates mentioned in materials. It seems rather challenging to compare various technologies. With this blog I would like to bring some light into this topic.
Landis+Gyr E450 smart meters with G3 PLC communications are certified by the IDIS Industry Association. IDIS certification follows the certifications awarded by the G3 PLC Alliancefor devices communicating in the CENELEC A and in 150-500 KHz bands.
Landis+Gyr recently extended its highly successful smart grid solution, Gridstream®with G3-PLC communication technology. This breakthrough offers customers a more secure and stable end-to-end solution for faster, more reliable communication within smart grid infrastructure than ever before. Today, the end-to-end smart metering solution has reached the maturity for general availability for full scale rollouts.
After extensive testing and field trials of new advanced G3-PLC data communication technology, Landis+Gyr is rolling out a fully certified and complete smart metering solution. G3 has proven its power in several projects across Europe. Our customers welcome the G3-PLC benefits of faster data rate, reliable communications through resilience to external disturbances and flexible internet based architecture that is designed to meet the needs of today and tomorrow.
Many utilities in the Europe Middle East & Africa region have already implemented smart metering and faced the challenges of the rollout. Project management requires specific expertise when the installation, operation and maintenance of a communication network come into the picture.
Today, the first movers are already planning and preparing for a second wave of rollouts and migrating from the first generation PLC, like FSK (frequency shift keying) and PSK (phase shift keying) based PLC to modern OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplex) technology. Now the main question is how this can be done while keeping the internal processes ongoing and protecting the investment. This article will provide insight into a migration of this type, enabled by G3 PLC.
The smart energy transformation in Austria is gaining pace. Energy utilities around the country are working hard to meet the target set in 2012 by the Austrian Ministry for Economy, Family and Youth of 95% of households to be equipped with smart meters by 2019.
