What is PD CLC/TS 50568-4-Electricity metering data exchange about?
PD CLC/TS 50568 discusses electricity metering data exchange. PD CLC/TS 50568-4 is the fourth part of the PD CLC/TS 50568 multi-series that discusses lower layer PLC profile using SMITP B-PSK modulation.
PD CLC/TS 50568-4 specifies the characteristics of the profile related to Physical and Data Link Layers for communications on the LV distribution network between a Concentrator (master node) and one or more slave nodes.
Who is PD CLC/TS 50568-4- Electricity metering data exchange for?
PD CLC/TS 50568-4 on electricity metering data exchange is useful for:
- Meter manufacturers
- Software engineers
- Electronics engineers
- Utility providers
Why should you use PD CLC/TS 50568-4 -Electricity metering data exchange?
The Physical Layer configuration on the LV network is considered as a multi-point connection of nodes operating in half-duplex mode. So, access rules are required to avoid nodes transmission collisions. Furthermore, it must be considered that the LV network cannot be treated as a normal broadcast medium, because of standing-waves phenomena and most of all signal attenuation may make direct communication between a couple of nodes impossible.
PD CLC/TS 50568-4 guides you with a lower layer profile that includes the Logical Link Control, the Medium Access Control, and the Physical Layers. The repetition functionality is inserted in the MAC sub-layer, to guarantee to LLC sub-layer, the direct exchange between the Concentrator master node and each of the slave nodes.
PD CLC/TS 50568-4 helps you to satisfy application requirements in terms of efficiency and effectiveness, to reduce data amount to supply to equipment during the network configuration stage as much as possible, to make efficient use of the channel, and to support all the group addressing performances, according to with what is required by applications, also in presence of a network with repetitions.
