Smart Grid a greenfield application for IPv6, hence the Internet. Presented at IISc, Bangalore as part of TEC and IPv6 Forum Workshop on Greenfield Applications for Transition to IPV6 in India.

1. Smart Grid with IPv6 for India
The Need for Research and Experimentation
Syam Madanapalli
Founder - iRam Technologies
Technology Board Member of IPv6 Forum India
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2. What is Smart Grid?
 For me
− It is an application over the Internet for
efficiently and securely managing the
Power generation, transmission, distribution
and utilization
− The number of devices to be connected to
the Internet for this application would
dwarfs the existing devices connected to
the Internet
IPv6 Makes it Possible
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3. IPv6 based Architecture for the Smart Grid
Sensors/
Relays/
Switches/ Transport Network Applications
Aggregators
Things
Enterprise
Enterprise
Household
Network
Internet 3rd Party
Telecom
Network
Utilities
Web, Email, ZigBee,
IPv6/WiMAX, Mobile Applications,
IPv6/6lowpan/ LTE, xDSL, LAN IPv6/IPSec Microsoft Hohm,
Optical Fiber,
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IEEE 802.15.4 Google PowerMeter
Satellite ?
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4. 6LoWPAN – An Open IETF Standard
 6LoWPAN - IPv6 over Low power WPAN
− Massively scalable networking as an end-to-end part
of the Internet
 6LoWPAN applicable to any low-power, low-rate
wireless radio
− IP protocols tie together heterogeneous networks.
 IPv6 addresses the Smart grid requirements
− End-to-end Addressing, Security, Mobility, Traffic
Multiplexing
− Reusability and Maintainability,
− Web-services
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5. Protocols for Things of Internet
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6. India is Unique – so are the Problems
 Poorly planned distribution network
 Overloading of the system
 Lack of reactive power supply
 Low metering efficiency and bill collection
 Power theft
 Poor power quality
 Frequent blackouts
The networking community can help in fixing some of these
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7. The Barriers to the Smart Grid
 Regulatory and Legislative barriers
 High levels of uncertainty
− Technology feasibility
− Business case: costs of implementation and RoI
 Perceived complexity
 Security and privacy
 Burden of operating and maintaining the
solutions
Some of these requires Research and Experimentation
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8. What can we do for India?
ACTIONS AND EXPERIMENTS
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9. Open Global Standards
 India is unique: May require something
unique; unless we shout nobody listens
 Push for open standards based on IPv6
− More equipment vendors
− No royalties, cheaper products
− Easy to maintain and operate
Huge population not only creates problems but solutions as well
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10. Collaborative Pilot Projects
 Identification of Power Thefts
− Average power theft in India is 26%
• Apparently in some states, it is over 50%
− Networking can help in identifying the location of
power theft
 iBuildings
− Lighting and Appliances automation
− Understanding of Implementation, Maintenance
and RoI
 Study of Consumers
− Acceptability
− Energy savings by behavioral change
− Study of Security and Privacy
− Time based billing
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11. Collaboration
Unite and Win
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12. Syam@iRamTechnologies.net
THANK YOU
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