Lecture: April 18, 2011
Wireless End-point Data Collection
Craig Rodine, EPRI
Bio
Craig Rodine is a Technical Executive with the Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, California, USA. Within EPRI's Power Distribution and Utilization group, Craig directs projects on Smart Grid communications infrastructure for applications in Transmission and Distribution, Energy Efficiency, and Electric Transportation. These include the design and implementation of utility enterprise Common Information Model, and research and development on the architecture, standards, modeling, and deployment of Field Area Networks. Craig has also worked extensively in the area of Home Area Networks, from requirements specification to technology assessment, lifecycle planning, implementation, and testing.
Craig and his team contribute to key national and international technical standardization efforts, including IEEE, IEC, UCA, SGIP, and NIST efforts.
Prior to joining EPRI Craig was Vice President, Corporate Development for Grid Net, Inc. a next-generation Smart Grid start-up; Business Development Manager in the Communications Group, Intel Corporation; R&D Project Manager in the Knowledge Media Institute, Open University, UK; and Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories.
Craig's formal education was in engineering, logic, and the history and philosophy of science and technology at Georgia Institute of Technology, Haverford College, l'Université de Paris-I, and HPS/Darwin College, University of Cambridge.
Abstract
The Field Area Network (FAN) is a critical layer of Smart Grid communications infrastructure. It enables advanced utility operations and the integration of a range of Smart Grid applications.
We'll situate the FAN in a reference Smart Grid communications architecture, characterize FAN requirements, and review some approaches and technologies being used to meet them. Reliability and resilience are key to this foundation for integrated Smart Grid communications, so we'll look in particular at GRIDMAN, a proposal for high-reliability Field Area Network architecture and standards.
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