SmartGrid: Cloud Computing & Protocols

Arjun Roychowdhury
Asst. Vice President, SmartEnergy @ Hughes Systique Corp
Co-Chair, SIPForum SmartGrid SIG

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 What is Cloud Computing?

 Key Tenets of Cloud Computing:

 Thinner client Thicker network resource usage
 Dynamically scalable
 Virtualized
 ‘XXX As a Service’ concept
 Multi-tenancy
 Security

 Cloud Computing is a HORIZONTAL concept. Many

industries are trying to leverage it

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 The Myth of Security

 Public, Private Hybrid

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 Smart Grid Architecture
Field Ops

Crew

18 Generation
19 17
Dist. intelligence
RTU, Controllers Distribution/Utilities

8
WAMS/WACS
20 ISO/RTO
EMS
NAN 7 9
10
Storage DB
HAN
24
3 AMI Distr. 11 16
DMS functions
Operator
DOMA
Customer
devices 21 4 EMS
VVWC
Distr. 12 FLIR Market Domain
SCADA MFR
AMI 23
1 OMS
15
Other
13 14
GIS

Aggregator Clearing
2 6 house

5
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 Smart Grid Architecture: Cloud
Field Ops
Mobile
diagnostics
Trending
Databases Usage
Analytics
Crew

18 Generation
19 17 DR
Dist. intelligence
RTU, Controllers Distribution/Utilities

Analytics &
mobile 8
delivery 20
WAMS/WACS
ISO/RTO
EMS
NAN 7 9
10
Storage DB
HAN
24
3 AMI Distr. 11 16
DMS functions
Operator
DOMA
Customer
devices 21 4 EMS
VVWC
Distr. 12 FLIR Market Domain
SCADA MFR
AMI 23
1 OMS
15
Other
13 14
GIS

Aggregator Clearing
2 6 house

5
22

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 Layers of Cloud Computing

Key Components:
Vertical application
Mashup tools
SOA
Security: User based

Examples: AWS, Azure, GoogleApp

Key Components: Key Components:

SLA Web services integration

Billing (ex. Per instance hr) Multi-tenancy

Virtualization of Platform Collaboration tools

Hardware Integrated Dev. Env.

Security: Firewalls, LB etc. Security: instance/owner based

Internet connectivity

Examples: Amz EC2, GoGrid, Nimbus Examples: AWS, Azure, GoogleApp

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 SmartGrid Goals: How does cloud
help?

Better Demand-Response management

•Simple Meaning: Utility Companies should be able to better analyze and manage electricity demands

Active participation by consumers in Demand-Response

•Simple Meaning: Give consumers more control, including options of generating their own energy, selling
extra energy back to the grid, more fine tuned control of energy consumption at home, etc.

Optimize assets and Operating efficiently

•Simple Meaning: Put an architecture in place that helps the electric grid players to reduce waste like excess
generation, more distribution of power generation, micro control of D&R etc.

Self-Healing

•Simple Meaning: If something goes wrong at one place, network should be able to route through other
sources (similar to, say, what happens when an IP router goes down in the path of routing IP packets
across the internet)

Resiliency during attacks (Cyber/physical)

•Simple Meaning: make it as hacker-proof as possible

Enable new products, services and markets

•Simple Meaning: Opening up network attributes always brings in innovation.

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 Protocols and Cloud Computing

 Protocols and Interfaces that ride the cloud need to

adapt:
 Asynchronous operations
 Adaptive discovery of resources
 Per transaction/session security
 Dynamic routability
 … and more

 Other desirable features

 Multi-modal
 Extensible
 Efficient

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 An introduction to the SIPForum
SmartGrid SIG
SIPFORUM.ORG

 Scalable
 Secure
 Rich Presence
 Powerful event architecture
 Firewall friendly (surprise)
Why SIP?
 Session + data
 Low-footprint (surprise)
 flexible

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 A Cloud based, SIP enhanced DR System – more
efficient than exsting WebServices approach

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 DRAS Flow with SIP

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 The larger picture: our view of the
role of SIP in the SmartGrid Space

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 Thanks
Arjun Roychowdhury
Asst. Vice President, SmartEnergy @ Hughes Systique Corp
Co-Chair, SIPForum SmartGrid SIG
arjun@hsc.com

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