[Milan, Italy, October 23, 2024] On October 23, 2024, the first in-person Internet of Things (IoT) Architecture Working Group Meeting on IEEE P2413.2, Standard for Reference Architecture for Power Distribution IoT (PDIoT) was held in Milan, Italy. During the meeting, representatives of State Grid of China and several European power companies discussed the IEEE P2413.2 standard outline, IDS reference architecture, and cloud-edge-device-pipe functional requirements, shared the latest research results, and submitted key proposals.
At the meeting, the proposal for key features of the PDIoT architecture and the first standard version proposal was submitted. This marks a key progress made by the working group in promoting the PDIoT architecture towards international standards and the official start of the formulation of the PDIoT international standard.
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Participants celebrating a successful meeting
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The new power system faces challenges relating to green energy structure, flexible power grid control, interactive power consumption, coordinated and interactive energy storage on the power generation-grid-load sides, and the complex electricity-carbon transaction system. Digitalization and intelligence are key to coping with these challenges.
The PDIoT is a key component of smart grids. It uses highly interconnected devices and systems to implement efficient energy distribution and optimized management. The standards working group meeting was focused on PDIoT. Huawei and other working group members proposed the draft outline, IDS architecture, and cloud-pipe-edge-device functions. State Grid Shaanxi took the lead in providing 14 application scenarios for the PDIoT architecture.
Jason Li, President of Global Marketing & Solutions, Electric Power Digitalization Business Unit, Huawei, said that to meet the challenges of the new power system in the future, an open and cooperative environment and a unified international standard architecture are crucial. "Based on the IEEE P2413 IoT standards platform, Huawei works with global power companies, ecosystem partners, and IEEE Standards Association to establish a framework that is globally applicable, open, and sustainable. This will not only promote the intelligent development of power distribution networks and the coordinated development of the power industry, but also provide a technical innovation foundation for future power systems," He explained. The standard architecture will also contribute to global energy transition and sustainable development.
Jason Li, President of Global Marketing & Solutions, Electric Power Digitalization Business Unit, Huawei
The formulation of the IEEE P2413.2 PDIoT international standards at this meeting is intended to meet specific power distribution requirements amid the digital transformation of the global power industry and help high-speed power line communications (HPLC) play a more important role in the power sector.
