Communications/Networks
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Date: October 28, 2024
This HPS/RFL communications module provides a closer look at the hot topics around digital substation teleprotection applications. The course was designed to help you understand teleprotection concepts used in the electric power industry.
How you will benefit
This presentation will explore the differences between Carrier Ethernet (CE), IP/MPLS, and MPLS-TP. What key advantages each technology provides as well as their disadvantages, aiming to provide participants with the knowledge they need to see which among the three technologies is the right one to choose for their respective migration journey.
Date: November 4, 2021
Who should attend: Individuals who have a role in telecommunications for Power Utilities, particularly those involved directly with system protection and substation communications. Those who are looking at IP migration from T1/SONET communications infrastructure, and those who want to know more about C37.94 over IP overall, and how it can be deployed reliably, avoiding any shortcomings.
How you will benefit: Attendees will learn about some of the advantages/ disadvantages of utilizing an IP network for relaying, technologies available for improving its reliability, and considerations to take in order to be successful in deploying C37.94 over IP.
Date: October 21, 2021
Who should attend: Individuals who have a role in telecommunications for Power Utilities, particularly those involved directly with system protection and substation communications. Those who are looking at IP migration from T1/SONET communications infrastructure, and those who want to know more about C37.94 over IP overall, and how it can be deployed reliably, avoiding any shortcomings.
How you will benefit: Attendees will learn about some of the advantages/ disadvantages of utilizing an IP network for relaying, technologies available for improving its reliability, and considerations to take in order to be successful in deploying C37.94 over IP.
Date: August 27, 2020
Who should attend: Telecommunication Engineers, Technicians, Managers, or any Power Utility personnel who are actively involved in supporting, operating, architecting, and migrating their company's IT/OT transport infrastructure.
How you will benefit: This webinar will cover the ITU-T G.8032 Ring Protection Standard and its underlying Protocols. Discussing its operation, terminologies used, advantages, and requirements in order for successful production deployment.
Personnel who've heard about the term G.8032 but are unfamiliar with its inner workings will benefit from this lecture as it will discuss the most-important aspects of the standard, how it's able to achieve sub-50 ms convergence time and its best use case.
Date: June 25, 2020
Who should attend: Telecom and Relay Engineers and Technicians who would like to get an overview of the RFL Fiber Service Units: C37.94 FSU, E1 FSU, C37.94-T1 FSU, and T1/E1 FSU.
How you will benefit: This course will provide an overview of the RFL Fiber Service Units. Operation, terminology, and features/options will be discussed. Application examples will be provided.
Date: June 6, 2019
Pre-requisite course: Service Oriented Network for Utilities: Introduction (Module 1)
Deep-dive into the different MEF-defined services: EPL, EVPL, EP-LAN, EVP-LAN, EP-TREE and EVPTREE. Understand how each of these services differentiate. What’s “service multiplexing”? What’s a “C-Tag” or an “S-Tag”? How to converge different LAN segments with a SONU?
Who should attend: Individuals who have a role in telecommunications for the Power Utilities, those who have attended the pre-requisite course (or have downloaded the pre-recorded session from the Training Archives) and those who understand the basics of IP/Ethernet, but are still a bit foreign to Virtual Networking, Carrier Ethernet and MPLS-TP.
How you will benefit: You will gain understanding of how each MEF defined services differentiate, and how these common terms play a practical role in knowing exactly the type of convergence your application will be getting. Understand how to apply service multiplexing and get the most out of your fiber. Gain insight on how IT and OT can be converged through a SONU architecture.
Date: May 23, 2019
Introduction on how a Service Oriented Network Architecture can be used by Power Utilities as they migrate their communications infrastructure to a seemingly-inevitable Packet Network. We’ll cover the basics of Carrier Ethernet and MPLS-TP, and how they play a role in a SONU using MEF defined services.
Who should attend: Individuals who have a role in telecommunications for Power Utilities, those who are new to the Service Oriented Network concept, and those who understand the basics of IP/Ethernet but are still a bit foreign to Virtual Networking, Carrier Ethernet and MPLS-TP.
How you will benefit: You will gain an understanding of what a Service Oriented Network is all about. Learn how Carrier Ethernet or MPLSTP compares to standard MPLS. Understand how a network infrastructure can be designed practically using services for each application.
Date: April 30, 2019
As power utilities investigate the many options on how to modernize and upgrade their substation communications infrastructure, it is apparent there are major gaps that need to be understood and addressed for a successful migration both during and years after the process. Whether the gaps are technology, knowledge, IT/OT convergence or other, utilities need a communications solution that allows them to confidently upgrade their infrastructure without the worry of future integration or legacy applications.
This presentation provides a full assessment how power utilities can address various gaps and challenges. It will explore solutions as to how utilities can resolve this industry-wide dilemma and move forward with confidence to get the benefits of a modernized network without compromising reliability, survivability, operation needs and security. In addition, it considers how utilities can future-proof their infrastructure and implement a solution that eliminates the vicious cycle of vintage vs. modern. You will learn how it is finally possible to have a single-integrated network solution to deliver power safely, reliably and securely.
Date: December 17, 2017
This module presents two use cases which cover a variety of applications, networking technologies, topologies, and redundancy.
Date: June 27, 2017
This module will focus on an actual case study where the power utility has been able to migrate their system protection application from SONET/T1 to a packet-based system. This system protection has the most-stringent requirement for the communications system, but the new packet-based communications has been able to meet and exceed those requirements and provide a successful migration.
