1. Ensuring consumers reap the benefits of smart metering
Simon Higgins: Smart Meter Solutions Architect

2. Powering Communications
2,300 employees based in locations across the UK and Ireland
Turnover of c. £800m pa
Owned by consortium of Canadian and Australian investors
Wireless Access Terrestrial Broadcast Satellite & Media
• UK’s largest independent site provider • Delivering services to 98.5% of UK • Scale and worldwide footprint
households
• 16,000 marketable sites • 100+ earth stations at 10 teleports in UK,
• Transmission for all UK terrestrial TV US and France
• Provider of design, build and installation channels (BBC, ITV, C4, C5)
services, and backhaul • Services to Broadcast, Media & Enterprise
• Management Digital Switchover (DSO)
• Support services to ‘blue light’ and other • Play-out services, Outside Broadcast
technical programme
public sector organisations • Occasional Use for Sports & News
• Transmission for all BBC and circa 300
• Private Mobile Radio networks and national, regional and local commercial • Uplinking of over 400 channels worldwide
services radio services on AM, FM, and DAB
• Carrier & Enterprise connectivity
• Mobile data solutions • Founder shareholder of Freeview
• Launch of VoD service SeeSaw
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3. Arqiva and Smart Metering
Arqiva has joined forces with Sensus to provide a Universal Multi-Utility communications platform
using long range radio technology
Utilising existing technologies for smart metering and grid to gain economic scale.
Arqiva Sensus
Nationwide footprint of strategically Proven Long Range Radio technology
positioned sites enables rapid and cost Smart metering (elec, gas, water)
effective rollout
Distributed automation
Dedicated spectrum
Widely deployed. Over 200 utilities
Extensive portfolio of radio masts
12 million smart end points
Engineering expertise, NOC operations &
370,000 per month being installed
national field force
Near 100% connectivity
Willingness to invest long term
No vested consumer interest
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4. Delivering a universal communications solution
▌ Optional WAN interface to each meter TOU Pricing Signals
▌ Enables energy suppliers to Load Control Direct
independently rollout and maintain from WAN
smart meters
Water Consumer
Electronics
Consumption data
Electric
Display or
Thermostat
Gas
Open Industry Standard
Interface can be used
LR Radio
Network Control
& Monitoring
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5. Promoting competition, choice and value for consumers
Dedicated
Lessons learned from around the world
Custom designed and optimised for smart metering and smart grid
Single point of contact ensures accountability for consumers
Secure
Lessons learned from the Netherlands
CPNI Guidelines for communications networks supporting critical national infrastructure
Resilient
Would be difficult to achieve with multiple comms providers
Ability to adapt and change to the environment which can surround the end-point
Universal
Single solution for 100% of homes
Major cost in impact assessment is the cost of visits to homes
Common platform for Smart Energy, Smart Water and Smart Grid
Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory access
Maintaining retail competition
Promoting choice and value for consumers
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6. Dedicated and secure
Need to reflect upon the lessons learned
from overseas deployments:
Ontario
Single comms technology
Communications bearer is directly
connected to the asset it serves e.g. 15
years+
25 year+ contracts
Single point of contact guarantees
accountability
Designed to last
Netherlands
The importance of ensuring security of
data
Security concerns can damage consumer
confidence (a key component of this
rollout)
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7. Dedicated and secure
The ideal is a closed and dedicated communications infrastructure
Ensure resources do not compete with other consumer demands
No re-visits to homes in the impact assessment by DECC
Additional visits would breach the business case
Network will be used to control critical infrastructure
“ Where availability is a major issue, use a single provider to
guarantee separation and work with this provider to achieve full “
transparency of the service and its components.
Centre for Protection of National Infrastructure May 2009
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8. Resilience
▌The need to ensure
that the solution
can adapt to the
environment that
surrounds it
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9. Universality
Consumer confidence and trust is critical
Right first time, every time
Getting into people’s home will be the single biggest challenge
Do we want another party seeking to access consumers’ homes?
Single solution for 100% of homes
Reduced complexity
Embedded comms in meters further reduces complexity
Increases accountability
Driving value for consumers
Maintains competition and delivering economies of scale
Interoperability
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10. Implement, operate and separate
Central Communications Provider
Energy Suppliers Central Communications Network provider Meters, Meter installation
Central Data
•Contracts with users • AMI network operations Smart end points
Billing & Settlement • Command & Control WAN infrastructure WAN/HAN interface
•Access & Security Displays
DNOs •MDM-R, Change of Use, etc • Security & Asset mgmt
Smart grid end points HAN interface
Central Data provider
Central Communications Network provider
MAPs, MOPs, Meter Manufacturers
Home displays - Consumer electronics
Split CCP into Central data and Central communications creates contestable Market Model
Communications network needs to support for as long as the assets its serves – 15 years+
Innovation will take place at the applications layer – not hardware
A single communications network will deliver interoperability
Increasing contestability, which drives value to the consumer
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11. www.arqiva.com/wireless
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