主な質問の回答：AWSとSemtechを用いたLoRaWANソリューションによる水道とガスのIoT簡素化

先日、「AWSとSemtechを用いたLoRaWAN® ソリューションによる水道とガスのIoT簡素化（Simplify IoT for Water and Gas Using LoRaWAN® Solutions with AWS and Semtech） 」と題したウェビナーを開催させていただきました。このウェビナーでは、LoRaWANの導入、効率の向上、コストの削減、運用全体の最適化のユースケースに焦点を当て、台頭するIoTテクノロジーを掘り下げ、水道およびガス市場の成長予測について説明しました。 

Interoperability of Smart Metering Data With Use of Standards is the New Rule in European Union

EUにおけるスマートメータリングとLoRaWAN®相互運用性基準の理解

LoRaWANは、主要なメーター規格であるDLMSとM-busをサポートしており、現在、欧州の公益事業のスマートメーターベンダー間のコンプライアンスと相互運用性のための重要なコンポーネントとなっています。

スマートシティ向けIoTアプリケーションで電力会社の事業拡大を支援するLoRaWAN®

インテリジェント・プロセス・オートメーションの中核となるのはデータですが、そのデータはどこから来るのでしょうか？電力会社にとって、正確なデータを遠隔で収集することが常に課題となっています。このため、データ収集システムが断片化され、企業と消費者に真の変化をもたらすのに必要な規模でのデータ分析の使用が制限されています。

Answering Your Questions From the “Improved Connectivity With LoRaWAN® Innovations” Webinar

With governments increasingly recognizing the need to control energy consumption and reduce waste, the requirement to make utilities smart is not only desirable, but also the law in many countries. Although the needs of electricity, gas and water utilities are different and highly specific, each utility type requires similar foundational technologies in terms of smart devices, connectivity and data processing.

LoRaWAN®プロトコルが水道メーターの標準化を徹底

The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) has officially created a new working group under its Technical Committee TC294 to specify a new adaptation layer for M-Bus protocol used mainly in smart water meters, smart gas meters and smart heat meters. This new working group, called CEN TC294 WG7, is led by expert from Birdz, a subsidiary of Nova Veolia, a successful leader in the European smart metering ecosystem, and member of the LoRa Alliance®. In 2019, Semtech hosted a webinar with Birdz to highlight its proven use cases for transforming municipal water distribution networks leveraging the LoRaWAN® protocol for greater efficiency and cost savings.

UPDATED—New Official Communication Profile For Running DLMS Standard Over LoRaWAN®

DLMS is the suite of standards developed and maintained by the Device Language Message Specification User Association (DLMS UA). The DLMS UA is an international and non-profit organization driving utilities and meter manufacturers to develop and support a common standard for data exchanges when it comes to smart metering. The DLMS suite supports a variety of wired and wireless communication standards, such as Cellular, PLC, Zigbee, WMBus, and Prime-PLC. DLMS has the flexibility to offer an application layer that is independent from the media layer, enabling the use of a single application over any of the supported communication technologies – or even a mix of them. For its part, the DLMS UA is now extending adoption to new markets and applications (such as private EV charging station and monitoring of smart infrastructure for electricity, gas and water) demanding a standardized data model and available application layer to enable more intelligent and interoperable devices.

DLMS Over LoRaWAN®：DLMS Over LoRaWANとは？これが重要な理由とは？

In a webinar hosted by the LoRa Alliance® and moderated by Semtech, the President of the DLMS (Device Language Message Specification) User Association, announced the future release of the first DLMS profile over the LoRaWAN® protocol. The DLMS User Association and the LoRa Alliance have been collaborating for more than two years to define a reliable and secure way to support the DLMS protocol over a LoRaWAN network. Having proven the feasibility via several demonstrations in 2018, continuing into subsequent years at European Utility Week 2019 and the Indian Smart Utility Week in 2020, this new profile is a key achievement of the liaison that will provide reliability and interoperability in future implementations of DLMS over LoRaWAN.

Semtech、公益事業会社の主要基準をLoRa®でサポートするため、Euridis Associationに加入

In January 2020, Semtech joined the Euridis Association, an international non-profit industry association promoting the development of standards and protocols.

今すぐスマート水道網の構築に着手しよう：SemtechとBirdzが共同開催したウェビナーからの質問集

As the global market for smart water meters continues to grow, Semtech hosted, “Deploying Smart Water Meters: How to Transition from AMR to AMI with LoRa®-based Solutions from Birdz,” a webinar with Birdz, a subsidiary of Nova Veolia and a global leader in optimized resource management. The webinar discussed strategies for utility providers to improve meter efficiency by adopting fixed network solutions based on Semtech’s LoRa devices and the LoRaWAN® protocol.

パート3：LoRa®を使ってスマートで効率的な送電網を実現する

In 2019, smart electricity meters will account for 63 percent of the nearly 200 million electricity meter shipments expected around the world, according to a 2018 IHS report. This volume of smart electricity meter shipments is forecasted to increase in size over the next five years. With the rise of low-power wide-area networking (LPWAN) technologies, such as Semtech’s LoRa® devices and the LoRaWAN® open protocol, new “smarter” metering solutions are proving to be a compelling alternative to other connectivity options for both Internet of Things (IoT) networks and smart grid applications. With several hundred known use cases (and growing), LoRa-based devices and LoRaWAN networks represent the leading choice for IoT solutions today.