EN IEC 62488-3:2021

Power line communication systems for power utility applications - Part 3: Digital Power Line Carrier (DPLC) terminals and hybrid ADPLC terminals

This part of IEC 62488 applies to power line carrier terminals and networks used to transmit information over power networks including extra high, high and medium voltage (EHV/HV/MV) power lines using both digital and optionally analogue modulation systems in a frequency range between 16 kHz and 1 MHz (see also IEC 62488-1). In many countries, power line carrier (PLC) channels represent a significant part of the utilityowned telecommunication system. A circuit normally routed via a PLC channel can also be routed via a channel using a different transmission medium such as point to point radio, optical fibre or open wire circuit. It is therefore important that the input and output interfaces that are used between terminals in the communication system are standardised. The issues requiring consideration of DPLC and/or APLC devices as parts of a telecommunication network can be found in IEC 62488-1. Figure 1 shows the correspondence between the elements needed to implement PLC systems and the related International Standards.

Systeme zur Kommunikation über Hochspannungsleitungen für Anwendungen der elektrischen Energieversorgung - Teil 3: Endgeräte für digitale Trägerfrequenzübertragung über Hochspannungsleitungen (DTFH) oder hybride ADTFH-Endgeräte

Systèmes de communication sur lignes d'énergie pour les applications des compagnies d'électricité - Partie 3: Équipements terminaux à courants porteurs sur lignes d’énergie numériques ou DPLC et équipements terminaux hybrides ADPLC

IEC 62488-3:2021 s’applique aux équipements terminaux et aux réseaux à courants porteurs sur lignes d’énergie utilisés pour transmettre des informations sur les réseaux électriques, ce qui englobe les lignes d’énergie extra haute, haute et moyenne tension (EHT/HT/MT) qui utilisent les systèmes de modulation numériques et, éventuellement, analogiques dans une plage de fréquences comprise entre 16 kHz et 1 MHz (voir aussi l’IEC 62488-1). Dans de nombreux pays, les canaux à courants porteurs sur lignes d’énergie (CPL) constituent une partie essentielle du système de télécommunication propre aux compagnies d’électricité. Un circuit normalement établi par un canal CPL peut aussi être acheminé par un canal utilisant un support de transmission différent, tel qu’une liaison radio pointe à point, une fibre optique ou une ligne filaire. Il est donc important que les interfaces d’entrée et de sortie utilisées entre les terminaux dans le système de communication soient normalisées. Les aspects qui exigent de prendre en considération les dispositifs DPLC et/ou APLC comme des composants d’un réseau de télécommunications figurent dans l’IEC 62488-1. Le domaine d’application du présent document couvre également la description des interfaces E/S et des montages d’essai nécessaires pour qualifier au niveau liaison les caractéristiques d’un terminal DPLC ou ADPLC. Cette première édition de l’IEC 62488-3 annule et remplace les parties concernées de l’IEC TR 60663 et de l’IEC 60495, qui seront retirées à l’avenir.

Sistemi komunikacij po elektroenergetskih vodih za elektroenergetska podjetja - 3. del: Priključki za digitalne (DPLC) in hibridne ADPLC komunikacijske sisteme

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 03-Jun-2021
• ICS: 33.200 - Telecontrol. Telemetering
• Technical Committee: CLC/TC 57 - Power systems management and associated information exchange
• Drafting Committee: IEC/TC 57 - IEC_TC_57
• Current Stage: 6060 - Document made available - Publishing
• Start Date: 04-Jun-2021
• Completion Date: 04-Jun-2021
• Ref Project: SIST EN IEC 62488-3:2021 - Power line communication systems for power utility applications - Part 3: Digital Power Line Carrier (DPLC) terminals and hybrid ADPLC terminals

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-september-2021
Sistemi komunikacij po elektroenergetskih vodih za elektroenergetska podjetja - 3.
del: Priključki za digitalne (DPLC) in hibridne ADPLC komunikacijske sisteme
Power line communication systems for power utility applications - Part 3: Digital Power
Line Carrier (DPLC) terminals and hybrid ADPLC terminals
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 62488-3:2021
ICS:
29.240.01 Omrežja za prenos in Power transmission and
distribucijo električne energije distribution networks in
na splošno general
33.200 Daljinsko krmiljenje, daljinske Telecontrol. Telemetering
meritve (telemetrija)
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 62488-3

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
June 2021
ICS 33.200
English Version
Power line communication systems for power utility applications
- Part 3: Digital Power Line Carrier (DPLC) terminals and hybrid
ADPLC terminals
(IEC 62488-3:2021)
Systèmes de communication sur lignes d'énergie pour les Systeme zur Kommunikation über Hochspannungsleitungen
applications des compagnies d'électricité - Partie 3: für Anwendungen der elektrischen Energieversorgung - Teil
Équipements terminaux à courants porteurs sur lignes 3: Endgeräte für digitale Trägerfrequenzübertragung über
d'énergie numériques ou DPLC et équipements terminaux Hochspannungsleitungen (DTFH) oder hybride ADTFH-
hybrides ADPLC Endgeräte
(IEC 62488-3:2021) (IEC 62488-3:2021)
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2021-05-31. CENELEC 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 concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC
Management Centre or to any CENELEC member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation
under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the
same status as the official versions.
CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey and the United Kingdom.

European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels
© 2021 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
Ref. No. EN IEC 62488-3:2021 E

European foreword
The text of document 57/2355/FDIS, future edition 1 of IEC 62488-3, prepared by IEC/TC 57 "Power
systems management and associated information exchange" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC
parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as EN IEC 62488-3:2021.
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national (dop) 2022-02-28
level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the (dow) 2024-05-31
document have to be withdrawn
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 62488-3:2021 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following note has to be added for the standard indicated:
IEC 60358 NOTE Harmonized as HD 597 S1
Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments)
applies.
NOTE 1 Where an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the
relevant EN/HD applies.
NOTE 2 Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available
here: www.cenelec.eu.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60038 - IEC standard voltages EN 60038 -
IEC 60050-151 2001 International Electrotechnical Vocabulary - - -
Part 151: Electrical and magnetic devices
IEC 60255-27 2013 Measuring relays and protection equipment EN 60255-27 2014
- Part 27: Product safety requirements
IEC 60529 1989 Degrees of protection provided by EN 60529 1991
enclosures (IP Code)
- -  + corrigendum May 1993
IEC 61000-4-2 - Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part EN 61000-4-2 -
4-2: Testing and measurement techniques
- Electrostatic discharge immunity test
IEC 61000-4-3 - Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part EN IEC 61000-4-3 -
4-3 : Testing and measurement techniques
- Radiated, radio-frequency,
electromagnetic field immunity test
IEC 61000-4-4 - Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part EN 61000-4-4 -
4-4: Testing and measurement techniques
- Electrical fast transient/burst immunity
test
IEC 61000-4-5 - Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part EN 61000-4-5 -
4-5: Testing and measurement techniques
- Surge immunity test
IEC 61000-6-2 - Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part EN IEC 61000-6-2 -
6-2: Generic standards - Immunity
standard for industrial environments
IEC 60721-3-1 1997 Classification of environmental conditions - - -
- Part 3: Classification of groups of
environmental parameters and their
severities -- Section 1: Storage
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60721-3-3 2002 Classification of environmental conditions - - -
Part 3-3: Classification of groups of
environmental parameters and their
severities - Stationary use at
weatherprotected locations
IEC 60834-1 1999 Teleprotection equipment of power EN 60834-1 1999
systems - Performance and testing - Part
1: Command systems
IEC 61000-6-4 2018 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part EN IEC 61000-6-4 2019
6-4: Generic standards - Emission
standard for industrial environments
IEC 61000-6-5 2015 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part EN 61000-6-5 2015
6-5: Generic standards - Immunity for
equipment used in power station and
substation environment
IEC 62488-1 2012 Power line communication systems for EN 62488-1 2013
power utility applications - Part 1: Planning
of analogue and digital power line carrier
systems operating over EHV/HV/MV
electricity grids
IEC/TS 62351-1 2007 Power systems management and - -
associated information exchange - Data
and communications security - Part 1:
Communication network and system
security - Introduction to security issues
IEC/TS 62351-8 2011 Power systems management and - -
associated information exchange - Data
and communications security - Part 8:
Role-based access control
IEC 62488-2 2017 Power line communication systems for EN 62488-2 2017
power utility applications – Part 2:
Analogue power line carrier terminals or
APLC
CISPR 32:2015/A1 2019 Electromagnetic compatibility of multimedia EN 55032/A1 2020
equipment – Emission requirements

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 7
INTRODUCTION . 9
1 Scope . 10
2 Normative references . 11
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms . 12
3.1 Terms and definitions . 12
3.2 Abbreviated terms . 13
4 Generic structure of DPLC and ADPLC terminals . 14
5 Access side interfaces . 17
5.1 General . 17
5.2 Digital interfaces . 17
5.2.1 Ethernet IEEE 802.3 interface. 17
5.2.2 Serial interface . 18
5.3 Analogue interfaces . 18
5.4 Teleprotection system interface . 19
5.4.1 Description . 19
5.4.2 Integrated teleprotection . 19
5.4.3 Teleprotection interface frequency band . 19
5.4.4 Teleprotection interface impedance . 19
5.4.5 Teleprotection interface reflection . 19
5.4.6 Teleprotection interface signal levels . 20
5.4.7 Teleprotection interface control circuits. 20
6 HF line interface . 20
6.1 DPLC high frequency band & channeling . 20
6.2 Frequency accuracy . 21
6.3 Signal levels . 21
6.4 In-band emissions . 21
6.5 Nominal impedance . 21
6.6 Return loss . 21
6.7 Degree of unbalance to earth . 21
6.8 Tapping loss . 21
6.9 Spurious emissions . 22
6.10 Nominal output power in the high frequency band . 23
7 Quality and performance. 23
7.1 General . 23
7.2 Dynamic range of the DPLC receiver . 24
7.3 Bit rate . 24
7.4 Start-up time . 25
7.5 Recovery time after synchronization loss . 25
7.6 Sensitivity . 25
7.7 Selectivity . 25
7.8 Adaptability to line conditions . 25
7.9 Quality of voice channels . 25
7.10 Telephone signalling transmission . 26

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7.11 Quality on the serial DATA channels . 26
7.11.1 General . 26
7.11.2 Bit rate .
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