EN 13757-8:2023

Communication systems for meters - Part 8: Adaptation layer

This document describes the functionalities and specifies the requirements of an adaptation layer to be applied when transporting M-Bus upper layers using a wireless communication protocol other than wireless M-Bus. These alternative radio technologies developed outside CEN/TC 294 can be based on Internet Protocol or not and operate either in licensed or unlicensed frequency bands.

Kommunikationssysteme für Zähler - Teil 8: Anpassungsschicht

Dieses Dokument beschreibt die Funktionen und legt die Anforderungen an eine Anpassungsschicht fest, die beim Transport der oberen M Bus-Schichten bei Nutzung anderer drahtloser Kommunikationsprotokolle als dem wireless-M Bus anzuwenden sind. Diese außerhalb von CEN/TC 294 entwickelten alternativen Funktechnologien können auf dem Internetprotokoll basieren oder nicht und werden in lizenzierten oder in nicht-lizenzierten Frequenzbändern betrieben.

Systèmes de communication pour compteurs - Partie 8 : Couche adaptation

Le présent document décrit les fonctionnalités et spécifie les exigences d’une couche adaptation à appliquer lors du transport des couches supérieures M Bus utilisant un protocole de communication sans fil autre que le M Bus sans fil. Ces technologies radio alternatives développées en dehors du CEN/TC 294 peuvent être basées sur le protocole Internet ou sur un autre protocole, et fonctionner sur des bandes de fréquences sous licence ou libres.

Komunikacijski sistemi za merilnike - 8. del: Prilagoditvena plast

Ta dokument opisuje funkcionalnosti in določa zahteve za uporabo prilagoditvene plasti pri prenosu zgornjih plasti M-vodila z brezžičnim komunikacijskim protokolom, ki ni brezžično M-vodilo. Te alternative radijske tehnologije, razvite zunaj odbora CEN/TC 294, lahko temeljijo na
internetnem protokolu ali ne in delujejo v frekvenčnih pasovih z licenco ali brez nje.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 19-Sep-2023
• ICS: 33.200 - Telecontrol. Telemetering
• ICS: 35.100.01 - Open systems interconnection in general
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 294 - Communication systems for meters and remote reading of meters
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 294/WG 7 - Adaptation layer
• Current Stage: 6060 - Definitive text made available (DAV) - Publishing
• Start Date: 20-Sep-2023
• Due Date: 15-Feb-2023
• Completion Date: 20-Sep-2023
• Directive: 2014/53/EU - Directive 2014/53/EU of The European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of radio equipment and repealing Directive 1999/5/EC
• Mandate: M/441 - Standardisation mandate to CEN, CENELEC and ETSI in the field of measuring instruments for the development of an open architecture for utility meters involving communication protocols enabling interoperability
• Ref Project: SIST EN 13757-8:2023 - Communication systems for meters - Part 8: Adaptation layer

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-december-2023
Komunikacijski sistemi za merilnike - 8. del: Prilagoditvena plast
Communication systems for meters - Part 8: Adaptation layer
Kommunikationssysteme für Zähler - Teil 8: Anpassungsschicht
Systèmes de communication pour compteurs - Partie 8 : Couche adaptation
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 13757-8:2023
ICS:
33.200 Daljinsko krmiljenje, daljinske Telecontrol. Telemetering
meritve (telemetrija)
35.100.01 Medsebojno povezovanje Open systems
odprtih sistemov na splošno interconnection in general
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN 13757-8
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
September 2023
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 33.200; 35.100.01
English Version
Communication systems for meters - Part 8: Adaptation
layer
Systèmes de communication pour compteurs - Kommunikationssysteme für Zähler - Teil 8:
Partie 8 : Couche adaptation Anpassungsschicht
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 19 June 2023.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this
European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references
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Contents Page
European foreword . 4
Introduction . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms and definitions . 6
4 Abbreviations and symbols . 7
4.1 Abbreviations . 7
4.2 Symbols . 9
5 Network architecture . 9
5.1 Overview . 9
5.2 General description of network entities . 10
5.2.1 Head End System . 10
5.2.2 Core network . 10
5.2.3 Gateway . 11
5.2.4 End device . 11
6 General layer structure . 12
6.1 Overview . 12
6.2 Encapsulation schemes . 13
6.2.1 M-Bus over non-IP based communication technologies . 13
6.2.2 M-Bus over IP based communication technologies . 14
7 Adaptation layer description . 15
7.1 Adaptation layer structure . 15
7.2 Adaptation layer services . 15
7.2.1 MBAL Control field (MBAL-CL) . 15
7.2.2 Other MBAL fields . 19
Annex A (informative) Overview of LPWAN technologies . 20
A.1 LPWAN features for metering communication . 20
A.2 Segregation matrix . 20
Annex B (informative) MBAL implementation examples . 21
B.1 MBAL for alarm data pulling scenario . 21
B.2 MBAL for user data push and pull . 21
B.3 Confirmed User Data transmission. 22
Annex C (informative) Adaptation mechanism for Cat. NB (NB-IoT) and Cat. M1 (LTE-M) . 23
C.1 Cat. M1 and Cat. NB brief description. 23
C.2 Cat. M1 and Cat. NB characteristics. 23
C.3 Cat. M1 and Cat. NB network architecture . 23
C.4 M-Bus over CIoT . 26
Annex D (informative) Adaptation mechanism for LoRaWAN . 47
D.1 LoRaWAN brief description . 47
D.2 LoRaWAN network architecture . 47
D.3 LoRaWAN security services description . 49
D.4 LoRaWAN main features . 50
D.5 LoRaWAN frame structure overview . 50
D.6 M-Bus over LoRaWAN . 51
Annex E (informative) Adaptation mechanism for TS-UNB . 57
E.1 TS-UNB/MIOTY brief description . 57
E.2 MIOTY network architecture . 57
E.3 MIOTY principles . 58
E.4 MIOTY frame structure overview . 59
E.5 M-Bus over MIOTY . 60
Annex F (informative) Adaptation mechanism for Wize . 64
F.1 Wize brief description . 64
F.2 Wize services . 64
F.3 Wize network architecture . 65
F.4 M-Bus over Wize . 70
Bibliography . 72
European foreword
This document (EN 13757-8:2023) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 294
“Communication systems for meters”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by March 2024, and conflicting national standards shall be
withdrawn at the latest by March 2024.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document has been prepared under a Standardization Request given to CEN by the European
Commission and the European Free Trade Association.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards body.
A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia,
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland,
Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North
Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the United
Kingdom.
Introduction
This document belongs to the EN 13757 series, which covers communication systems for meters.
EN 13757-1 contains generic descriptions and a communication protocol. EN 13757-2 contains a
physical and a Link Layer for twisted pair-based Meter-Bus (M-Bus). EN 13757-3 contains detailed
description of the application protocols especially the M-Bus Protocol. EN 13757-4 describes wireless
communication (often called wireless M-Bus or wM-Bus). EN 13757-5 describes the wireless network
used for repeating, relaying and routing for the different modes of EN 13757-4. EN 13757-7 describes
transport mechanism and security methods for data. The Technical Report CEN/TR 17167 contains
informative annexes for EN 13757-2, EN 13757-3 and EN 13757-7.
The M-Bus protocol upper layers (Transport and Application) can be used with various lower layers
(Network, Data Link and Physical) as described in EN 13757-1. Systems based on the M-Bus protocol
stack are well established in the metering market in Europe. In parallel, other wireless communication
networks known as LPWAN (Low Power Wide Area Networks) have been widely deployed and target
metering applications as well. The OSI reference model enables the transport of M-Bus upper layers on
top of LPWANs lower layers. To ensure a seamless transition of the legacy systems based on Wireless M-
Bus to LPWAN, an M-Bus Adaptation Layer (MBAL), is needed to provide the necessary services and
information to the upper layers via an adequate interface, to minimize the impact on their existing
implementations.
1 Scope
This document describes the functionalities and specifies the requirements of an adaptation layer to be
applied
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