sg sg 802 Smart Grid ECSG May 2012 James Gilb (Tensorcom) IEEE 802 Smart Grid ECSG May 2012 meeting

Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform All participants in this meeting have certain obligations under the IEEE-SA Patent Policy. – Participants [Note: Quoted text excerpted from IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws subclause 6.2]: “Shall inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed)” of the identity of each “holder of any potential Essential Patent Claims of which they are personally aware” if the claims are owned or controlled by the participant or the entity the participant is from, employed by, or otherwise represents – “Personal awareness” means that the participant “is personally aware that the holder may have a potential Essential Patent Claim,” even if the participant is not personally aware of the specific patents or patent claims “Should inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed)” of the identity of “any other holders of such potential Essential Patent Claims” (that is, third parties that are not affiliated with the participant, with the participant’s employer, or with anyone else that the participant is from or otherwise represents) – The above does not apply if the patent claim is already the subject of an Accepted Letter of Assurance that applies to the proposed standard(s) under consideration by this group – Early identification of holders of potential Essential Patent Claims is strongly encouraged – No duty to perform a patent search Slide #1

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Call for Potentially Essential Patents If anyone in this meeting is personally aware of the holder of any patent claims that are potentially essential to implementation of the proposed standard(s) under consideration by this group and that are not already the subject of an Accepted Letter of Assurance: – Either speak up now or – Provide the chair of this group with the identity of the holder(s) of any and all such claims as soon as possible or – Cause an LOA to be submitted Slide #3

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sg sg 802 Smart Grid ECSG May 2012 James Gilb (Tensorcom) SG ECSG May goals Limit scope Determine activities List of documents to be created Determine what to form: – Option 1: Form Technical Advisory Group (TAG) – Option 2: Form Working Group (WG) All are preliminary, goal is to finalize in July

sg sg 802 Smart Grid ECSG May 2012 James Gilb (Tensorcom) Administration Attendance take on IMAT – Reciprocal rights for most WGs Web page – Mailing list – Document archive – sg/documents sg/documents

sg sg 802 Smart Grid ECSG May 2012 James Gilb (Tensorcom) Objectives Create “Guidelines” for use of 802 standards for Smart Grid applications – Exact type of document to be determined by Study Group In the context of other Smart Grid Standardization organizations and activities – NIST, IEC, IEEE PES, ITU, ETSI, ITU- Smart, etc – evaluate any “gaps” that could be appropriate work items for IEEE 802

sg sg 802 Smart Grid ECSG May 2012 James Gilb (Tensorcom) Objectives (continued) Liaison between IEEE 802 and other groups involved in Smart Grid communications and standards (NIST, SGIP, OpenSG, IEEE PES, ITU-Smart, ETSI, ARIB, etc) Serve as a resource and coordination point for Smart Grid specific spectrum issues (IEEE , UTC, etc) Develop “PR” presentation highlighting IEEE 802 activities related to Smart Grid for use at Smart Grid events and conferences

sg sg 802 Smart Grid ECSG May 2012 James Gilb (Tensorcom) Limit scope Smart Grid as currently supported by 802 WGs – Including projects in progress – Primary focus is 802 groups – Also consider interoperability, interworking and coexistence with non 802 standards. Identify new areas that need new standard developed. – Fill technology gaps in existing implementations – Applications without appropriate solutions – May generate PARs to be passed to other WGs to be advanced through the standards process – Comment on PARs if they relate to Smart Grid applications

sg sg 802 Smart Grid ECSG May 2012 James Gilb (Tensorcom) Transmission areas Wide areas situational awareness Synchrophasors Maintenance telemetry Infrastructure monitoring Protection Surveillance Asset tracking

sg sg 802 Smart Grid ECSG May 2012 James Gilb (Tensorcom) Distribution Automation Outage management – Fault location, isolation, service recovery (FILSR) Conservation voltage reduction Integration of renewables Volts/VAR optimization Infrastructure monitoring Asset tracking

sg sg 802 Smart Grid ECSG May 2012 James Gilb (Tensorcom) End use areas Smart metering (including field area networks and backhaul) Home area networks Demand response EV, EV Grid Integration of renewables

sg sg 802 Smart Grid ECSG May 2012 James Gilb (Tensorcom) Area of applications 802 areas

sg sg 802 Smart Grid ECSG May 2012 James Gilb (Tensorcom) Activities Serve as a single point of contact for questions regarding the use of 802 standards in Smart Grid applications – Questions and requests regarding the evolution of 802 standards related to Smart Grid applications Liaison with regulatory agencies, industry organizations, other SDOs, government agencies, IEEE societies Facilitate coordination and collaboration among 802 groups. Provide speakers as needed and available to present on 802 standards in Smart Grid applications. Resource for understanding 802 standards for certification efforts by industry bodies.

sg sg 802 Smart Grid ECSG May 2012 James Gilb (Tensorcom) Documents to create List of 802 standards to be contributed to SGIP catalog of standards – Help prepare submission analysis and response after review for cybersecurity related items PR presentations to emphasize the applicability of 802 standards in Smart Grid applications PAP02 SDO contribution for wireless characteristics Technical responses to future requests for comments (but not regulatory, which will be created by ). Example is cybersecurity working group (CSWG). Web page that is informative Whitepapers on the use of 802 standards

sg sg 802 Smart Grid ECSG May 2012 James Gilb (Tensorcom) TAG vs. WG TAG is easier to create WG requires a PAR Likely do a TAG first – WG only if a cross group PAR is required. – Likely will pass on PARs and PAR ideas to other groups.

sg sg 802 Smart Grid ECSG May 2012 James Gilb (Tensorcom) Working group liaisons – (contact chair) – (contact chair) – (Kraemer to appoint) – Phil Beecher – Tim Godfrey – Ruben Salazar or John Notor (TBD) – (contact chair) – Yoshi Ohba, Subir Das – Chang Woo Pyo, Apurva Mody

sg sg 802 Smart Grid ECSG May 2012 James Gilb (Tensorcom) Potential outside 802 liaisons SGIP OpenSG ETSI ITU – Bruce Kraemer? ITU-R – Mike Lynch ARIB WGSN (working group for smart grid networking, China) CEPRI IEEE PES (IEEE Smart Grid Initiative), Smart Grid Special Interest Group SAE IEC CIGRAE Many others, we will need to prioritize

sg sg 802 Smart Grid ECSG May 2012 James Gilb (Tensorcom) PAP2 Continue to monitor and deliver the following objectives – Contributions to NIST PAP2 (simulation parameters and review of text content for wireless guideline 2) – Refer to for list.