An all-in-one reference to the major Home Area Networking,
Building Automation and AMI protocols, including 802.15.4 over
radio or PLC, 6LowPAN/RPL, ZigBee 1.0 and Smart Energy 2.0, Zwave,
LON, BACNet, KNX, ModBus, mBus, C.12 and DLMS/COSEM, and the new
ETSI M2M system level standard. In-depth coverage of Smart-grid and
EV charging use cases.

This book describes the Home Area Networking, Building
Automation and AMI protocols and their evolution towards open
protocols based on IP such as 6LowPAN and ETSI M2M. The authors
discuss the approach taken by service providers to interconnect the
protocols and solve the challenge of massive scalability of
machine-to-machine communication for mission-critical applications,
based on the next generation machine-to-machine ETSI M2M
architecture. The authors demonstrate, using the example of the
smartgrid use case, how the next generation utilities, by
interconnecting and activating our physical environment, will be
able to deliver more energy (notably for electric vehicles) with
less impact on our natural resources.

Key Features:

* Offers a comprehensive overview of major existing M2M and AMI
protocols

* Covers the system aspects of large scale M2M and smart grid
applications

* Focuses on system level architecture, interworking, and
nationwide use cases

* Explores recent emerging technologies: 6LowPAN, ZigBee SE 2.0
and ETSI M2M, and for existing technologies covers recent
developments related to interworking

* Relates ZigBee to the issue of smartgrid, in the more general
context of carrier grade M2M applications

* Illustrates the benefits of the smartgrid concept based on real
examples, including business cases

This book will be a valuable guide for project managers working
on smartgrid, M2M, telecommunications and utility projects, system
engineers and developers, networking companies, and home automation
companies. It will also be of use to senior academic researchers,
students, and policy makers and regulators.

Olivier Hersent, Consultant, France Olivier Hersent was the
founder of NetCentrex and former CTO of Comverse Inc., and
previously worked as an R&D Engineer at Orange/France Telecom.
He studied finance, quantum physics and psychology at the Ecole
Polytechnique from 1991-1994. Hersent is now an independent
consultant.

David Boswarthick, ETSI, France David has been
extensively involved in the standardization activities of mobile,
fixed and convergent networks in both the European
Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) and the 3rd
Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) for over 10 years. He is
currently involved in the M2M standards group which is defining an
end to end architecture and requirements for multiple M2M
applications including Smart Metering, healthcare and enhanced home
living. David holds a Maste's Degree in Networks and Distributed
systems from the University of Nice and Sophia Antipolis,
France.

Omar Elloumi, Alcatel-Lucent, France Omar is currently a
standardization manager at Alcatel-Lucent. He received his degree
in Engineering from Université de Rennes.

This book describes the Home Area Networking, Building Automation and AMI protocols and their evolution towards open protocols based on IP such as 6LowPAN and ETSI M2M. The authors discuss the approach taken by service providers to interconnect the protocols and solve the challenge of massive scalability of machine-to-machine communication for mission-critical applications, based on the next generation machine-to-machine ETSI M2M architecture. The authors demonstrate, using the example of the smartgrid use case, how the next generation utilities, by interconnecting and activating our physical environment, will be able to deliver more energy (notably for electric vehicles) with less impact on our natural resources.

Key Features:

• Offers a comprehensive overview of major existing M2M and AMI protocols
• Covers the system aspects of large scale M2M and smart grid applications
• Focuses on system level architecture, interworking, and nationwide use cases
• Explores recent emerging technologies: 6LowPAN, ZigBee SE 2.0 and ETSI M2M, and for existing technologies covers recent developments related to interworking
• Relates ZigBee to the issue of smartgrid, in the more general context of carrier grade M2M applications
• Illustrates the benefits of the smartgrid concept based on real examples, including business cases

This book will be a valuable guide for project managers working on smartgrid, M2M, telecommunications and utility projects, system engineers and developers, networking companies, and home automation companies. It will also be of use to senior academic researchers, students, and policy makers and regulators.

Introduction xxiii

Part I M2M AREA NETWORK PHYSICAL LAYERS

1 IEEE 802.15.4 3

1.1 The IEEE 802 Committee Family of Protocols 3

1.2 The Physical Layer 3

1.2.1 Interferences with Other Technologies 5

1.2.2 Choice of a 802.15.4 Communication Channel, Energy Detection, Link Quality Information 7

1.2.3 Sending a Data Frame 8

1.3 The Media-Access Control Layer 8

1.3.1 802.15.4 Reduced Function and Full Function Devices, Coordinators, and the PAN Coordinator 9

1.3.2 Association 12

1.3.3 802.15.4 Addresses 13

1.3.4 802.15.4 Frame Format 13

1.3.5 Security 14

1.4 Uses of 802.15.4 16

1.5 The Future of 802.15.4: 802.15.4e and 802.15.4g 17

1.5.1 802.15.4e 17

1.5.2 802.15.4g 21

2 Powerline Communication for M2M Applications 23

2.1 Overview of PLC Technologies 23

2.2 PLC Landscape 23

2.2.1 The Historical Period (19502000) 24

2.2.2 After Year 2000: The Maturity of PLC 24

2.3 Powerline Communication: A Constrained Media 27

2.3.1 Powerline is a Difficult Channel 27

2.3.2 Regulation Limitations 27

2.3.3 Power Consumption 32

2.3.4 Lossy Network 33

2.3.5 Powerline is a Shared Media and Coexistence is not an Optional
Feature 35

2.4 The Ideal PLC System for M2M 37

2.4.1 Openness and Availability 38

2.4.2 Range 38

2.4.3 Power Consumption 38

2.4.4 Data Rate 39

2.4.5 Robustness 39

2.4.6 EMC Regulatory Compliance 40

2.4.7 Coexistence 40

2.4.8 Security 40

2.4.9 Latency 40

2.4.10 Interoperability with M2M Wireless Services 40

2.5 Conclusion 40

References 41

Part II LEGACY M2M PROTOCOLS FOR SENSOR NETWORKS,
BUILDING AUTOMATION AND HOME AUTOMATION

3 The BACnetTM Protocol 45

3.1 Standardization 45

3.1.1 United States 46

3.1.2 Europe 46

3.1.3 Interworking 46

3.2 Technology 46

3.2.1 Physical Layer 47

3.2.2 Link Layer 47

3.2.3 Network Layer 47

3.2.4 Transport and Session Layers 49

3.2.5 Presentation and Application Layers 49

3.3 BAC…