SIST EN 62056-8-3:2013

Electricity metering data exchange - The DLMS/COSEM suite - Part 8-3: The PLC S-FSK profile for neighbourhood networks (IEC 62056-8-3:2013)

This part of IEC 62056 specifies the DLMS/COSEM PLC S-SFK communication profile for neighbourhood networks. It uses standards established by IEC TC 57 in the IEC 61334 series, Distribution automation using distribution line carrier systems and it specifies extensions to some of those standards.

Datenkommunikation der elektrischen Energiemessung - DLMS/COSEM - Teil 8-3: PLC S-FSK Spezifikation für Areal-Netze (IEC 62056-8-3:2013)

Echange de données pour le comptage de l'énergie électrique - La suite DLMS/COSEM - Partie 8-3: Profil PLC S-FSK pour réseaux de voisinage (CEI 62056-8-3:2013)

La CEI 62056-8-3:2013 spécifie le profil de communication CPL S-SFK de la DLMS/COSEM pour les réseaux de voisinage. Elle utilise les normes établies par le TC 57 de la CEI dans la série CEI 61334.

Izmenjava podatkov meritev električne energije - Niz DLMS/COSEM - 8-3. del: Profil PLC S-FSK za sosedska omrežja (IEC 62056-8-3:2013)

Ta del standarda IEC 62056 določa komunikacijski profil DLMS/COSEM PLC S-SFK za sosedska omrežja. Uporablja standarde, ki jih je vzpostavil IEC TC 57 v skupini IEC 61334 (Avtomatizacija porazdelitve s sistemom DLC) in določa razširitve nekaterih teh standardov.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 10-Sep-2013
• ICS: 17.220.20 - Measurement of electrical and magnetic quantities
• ICS: 35.100.05 - Multilayer applications
• ICS: 91.140.50 - Electricity supply systems
• Technical Committee: MEE - Equipment for electrical energy measurement and load control
• Current Stage: 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 03-Sep-2013
• Due Date: 08-Nov-2013
• Completion Date: 11-Sep-2013
• 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: EN 62056-8-3:2013 - Electricity metering data exchange - The DLMS/COSEM suite - Part 8-3: Communication profile for PLC S-FSK neighbourhood networks

Standards Content (Sample)

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S-FSK Spezifikation für Areal-Netze (IEC 62056-8-3:2013)
Echange de données pour le comptage de l'énergie électrique - La suite DLMS/COSEM
- Partie 8-3: Profil PLC S-FSK pour réseaux de voisinage (CEI 62056-8-3:2013)
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EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 62056-8-3

NORME EUROPÉENNE
August 2013
EUROPÄISCHE NORM

ICS 17.220; 35.110; 91.140.50


English version


Electricity metering data exchange -
The DLMS/COSEM suite -
Part 8-3: Communication profile for PLC S-FSK neighbourhood networks
(IEC 62056-8-3:2013)


Echange des données de comptage de Datenkommunikation der elektrischen
l'électricité - Energiemessung -
La suite DLMS/COSEM - DLMS/COSEM -
Partie 8-3: Profil de communication pour Teil 8-3: PLC S-FSK Spezifikation für
réseaux de voisinage CPL S-FSK Areal-Netze
(CEI 62056-8-3:2013) (IEC 62056-8-3:2013)





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Foreword
The text of document 13/1526/FDIS, future edition 1 of IEC 62056-8-3, prepared by IEC/TC 13 "Electrical
energy measurement, tariff- and load control" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and
approved by CENELEC as EN 62056-8-3:2013.
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has
(dop) 2014-03-20
to be implemented at national level by
publication of an identical national
standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national
(dow) 2016-06-20
standards conflicting with the

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 [and/or CEN] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent
rights.

Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 62056-8-3:2013 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 61334-4-512:2001 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 61334-4-512:2002 (not modified).

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Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to i nternational publications
with their corresponding European publications

The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are
indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated
references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.

NOTE  When an international publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant EN/HD
applies.

Publication Year Title EN/HD Year

IEC 60050 Series International Electrotechnical Vocabulary - -
(IEV)


IEC 61334-4-1 1996 Distribution automation using distribution line EN 61334-4-1 1996
carrier systems -
Part 4: Data communication protocols -
Section 1: Reference model of the
communication system


IEC 61334-4-32 1996 Distribution automation using distribution line EN 61334-4-32 1996
carrier systems -
Part 4: Data communication protocols -
Section 32: Data link layer - Logical link
control (LLC)


IEC 61334-4-511 2000 Distribution automation using distribution line EN 61334-4-511 2000
carrier systems -
Part 4-511: Data communication protocols -
Systems management - CIASE protocol


IEC 61334-5-1 2001 Distribution automation using distribution line EN 61334-5-1 2001
carrier systems -
Part 5-1: Lower layer profiles - The spread
frequency shift keying (S-FSK) profile


IEC/TR 62051 1999 Electricity metering - Glossary of terms - -


IEC/TR 62051-1 2004 Electricity metering - Data exchange for meter - -
+ corr. June 2005 reading, tariff and load control - Glossary of
terms -
Part 1: Terms related to data exchange with
metering equipment using DLMS/COSEM


IEC 62056-5-3 2013 Electricity metering data exchange - The EN 62056-5-3 2013
DLMS/COSEM suite -
Part 5-3: DLMS/COSEM application layer


IEC 62056-6-2 2013 Electricity metering data exchange - The EN 62056-6-2 2013
DLMS/COSEM suite -
Part 6-2: COSEM interface classes


IEC 62056-46 2002 Electricity metering - Data exchange for meter EN 62056-46 2002
+ A1 2006 reading, tariff and load control - + A1 2007
Part 46: Data link layer using HDLC protocol


ISO/IEC 8802-2 1998 Information technology - Telecommunications - -
+ corr. October 2000 and information exchange between systems -
Local and metropolitan area networks -
Specific requirements -
Part 2: Logical link control

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 4
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations . 7
3.1 Terms and definitions . 7
3.2 Abbreviations . 8
4 Targeted communication environments . 9
5 Reference model . 11
6 The physical layer (PhL) . 11
7 The data link layer . 12
7.1 General . 12
7.2 The MAC sublayer . 12
7.3 The connectionless LLC sublayer . 12
7.4 The HDLC based LLC sublayer . 13
7.5 Co-existence of the connectionless and the HDLC based LLC sublayers . 13
8 The application layer (AL) . 14
9 The application process (AP) . 14
10 The Configuration Initiation Application Service Element (CIASE) . 14
10.1 Overview . 14
10.2 The Discover service . 14
10.3 The Register service . 15
10.4 The Ping Service . 15
10.5 The RepeaterCall service . 17
10.6 The ClearAlarm service . 19
10.7 The Intelligent Search Initiator process . 21
10.7.1 General . 21
10.7.2 Operation . 21
10.8 The Discovery and Registration process . 24
10.9 Abstract and transfer syntax . 28
11 Addressing . 28
11.1 General . 28
11.2 IEC 61334-5-1 MAC addresses . 28
11.3 Reserved special LLC addresses . 28
11.3.1 General . 28
11.3.2 Reserved addresses for the IEC 61334-4-32 LLC sublayer . 29
11.3.3 Reserved addresses for the HDLC based LLC sublayer . 29
11.3.4 Source and destination APs and addresses of CI-PDUs . 30
12 Specific considerations / constraints for the IEC 61334-4-32 LLC sublayer based
profile . 31
12.1 Establishing application associations . 31
12.2 Application association types, confirmed and unconfirmed xDLMS services . 33
12.3 xDLMS client/server type services . 33
12.4 Releasing application associations . 33
12.5 Service parameters of the COSEM-OPEN / -RELEASE / -ABORT services. 34
12.6 The EventNotification service and the TriggerEventNotificationSending
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12.7 Transporting long messages . 35
12.8 Broadcasting . 35
13 Specific considerations / constraints for the HDLC LLC sublayer based profile . 35
13.1 Establishing Application Associations . 35
13.2 Application association types, confirmed and unconfirmed xDLMS services . 36
13.3 xDLMS client/server type services . 37
13.4 Correspondence between AAs and data link layer connections, releasing
AAs . 37
13.5 Service parameters of the COSEM-OPEN/ -RELEASE/ -ABORT services . 37
13.6 The EventNotification service and protocol . 37
13.7 Transporting long messages . 37
13.8 Broadcasting . 37
14 Abstract syntax of CIASE APDUs . 37
Annex A (informative) S-FSK PLC encoding examples . 39
Bibliography . 51
Index . 52

Figure 1 – Communication architecture . 10
Figure 2 – The DLMS/COSEM S-FSK PLC communication profile . 11
Figure 3 – Co-existence of the connectionless and the HDLC based LLC sublayers. 13
Figure 4 – Intelligent Search Initiator process flow chart . 22
Figure 5 – The Discovery and Registration process . 25
Figure 6 – MSC for the discovery and registration process . 32
Figure 7 – MSC for successful confirmed AA establishment . 32
Figure 8 – MSC for releasing an Application Association . 34
Figure 9 – MSC for an EventNotification service . 35
Figure 10 – MSC for the Discovery and Registration process . 36
Figure 11 – MSC for successful confirmed AA establishment and the GET service . 36

Table 1 – Service parameters of the Discover service primitives . 15
Table 2 – Service parameters of the Register service primitives . 15
Table 3 – Service parameters of the PING service primitives . 16
Table 4 – Service parameters of the RepeaterCall service primitives . 17
Table 5 – Service parameters of the ClearAlarm service primitives . 20
Table 6 – MAC addresses . 28
Table 7 – Reserved IEC 61334-4-32 LLC addresses on the client side . 29
Table 8 – Reserved IEC 61334-4-32 LLC addresses on the server side . 29
Table 9 – Reserved HDLC based LLC addresses on the client side . 29
Table 10 – Reserved HDLC based LLC addresses on the server side . 29
Table 11 – Source and Destination APs and addresses of CI-PDUs . 31
Table 12 – Application associations and data exchange in the S-FSK PLC profile using
the connectionless LLC sublayer . 33

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International Standard IEC 62056-8-3 has been prepared by technical committee 13:
Electrical energy measurement, tariff- and load control.
The text of this standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
13/1526/FDIS 13/1544/RVD

Full information on the voting for the approval of this standard can be found in the report on
voting indicated in the above table.
This publication has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
A list of all the parts in the IEC 62056 series, published under the general title Electricity
metering data exchange – The DLMS/COSEM suite, can be found on the IEC website.
Future standards in this series will carry the new general title as cited above. Titles of existing
standards in this series will be updated at the time of the next edition.
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ELECTRICITY METERING DATA EXCHANGE –
THE DLMS/COSEM SUITE –

Part 8-3: Communication profile for PLC S-FSK neighbourhood networks



1 Scope
This part of IEC 62056 specifies the DLMS/COSEM PLC S-SFK communication profile for
neighbourhood networks.
It uses standards established by IEC TC 57 in the IEC 61334 series, Distribution automation
using distribution line carrier systems and it specifies extensions to some of those standards.
2 Normative references
The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and
are indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any
amendments) applies.
IEC 60050 (all parts), International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (available at
http://www.electropedia.org)
IEC 61334-4-1:1996, Distribution automation using distribution line carrier systems – Part 4:
Data communication protocols – Section 1: Reference model of the communication system
IEC 61334-4-32:1996, Distribution automation using distribution line carrier systems – Part 4:
Data communication protocols – Section 32: Data link layer – Logical link control (LLC)
IEC 61334-4-511:2000, Distribution automation using distribution line carrier systems –
Part 4-511: Data communication protocols – Systems management – CIASE protocol
IEC 61334-5-1:2001, Distribution automation using distribution line carrier systems – Part 5-1:
Lower layer profiles – The spread frequency shift keying (S-FSK) profile
IEC/TR 62051:1999, Electricity metering – Glossary of terms
IEC/TR 62051-1:2004, Electricity metering – Data exchange for meter reading, tariff and load
control – Glossary of terms – Part 1: Terms related to data exchange with metering equipment
using DLMS/COSEM
IEC 62056-46:2002, Electricity metering – Data exchange for meter reading, tariff and load
control – Part 46: Data link layer using HDLC protocol
Amendment 1:2006
IEC 62056-5-3:—, Electricity metering data exchange – The DLMS/COSEM suite – Part 5-3:
2
DLMS/COSEM application layer
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IEC 62056-6-2:—, Electricity metering data exchange – The DLMS/COSEM suite – Part 6-2:
3
COSEM interface classes
ISO/IEC 8802-2:1998, Information technology – Telecommunications and information
exchange between systems – Local and metropolitan area networks – Specific requirements –
Part 2: Logical link control
NOTE See also the Bibliography.
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in IEC 60050-300,
IEC/TR 62051 and IEC/TR 62051-1 and the following apply.
Where there is a difference between the definitions in the glossary and those contained in
product standards produced by TC 13, then the latter shall take precedence in applications of
the relevant standard.
3.1 Terms and definitions
3.1.1
initiator
user-element of a client System Management Application Entity (SMAE). It uses the CIASE
and xDLMS ASE and it is identified by its system title
[SOURCE: IEC 61334-4-511:2000, 3.8.1, modified]
3.1.2
active initiator
initiator, which issues or has last issued a CIASE Register request when the server is in the
unconfigured state
[SOURCE: IEC 61334-4-511:2000, 3.9.1]
3.1.3
new system
server system, which is in the unconfigured state: its MAC address equals "NEW-address"
[SOURCE: IEC 61334-4-511:2000, 3.9.3]
3.1.4
new system title
system-title of a new system
Note 1 to entry: This is the system title of a system, which is in the new state.
[SOURCE: IEC 61334-4-511:2000, 3.9.4, modified]
3.1.5
registered system
server system, which has an individual, valid MAC address
Note 1 to entry: Therefore, this MAC address is different from "NEW Address", see IEC 61334-5-1: Medium
Access Control.
[SOURCE: IEC 61334-4-511:2000, 3.9.5, modified]
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3.1.6
reporting system
server system, which issues a DiscoverReport
[SOURCE: IEC 61334-4-511:2000, 3.9.6, modified]
3.1.7
sub-timeslot
the time needed to transmit two bytes by the physical layer
Note 1 to entry: Timeslots are divided to sub-slots in the RepeaterCall mode of the physical layer.
3.1.8
timeslot
the time needed to transmit a physical frame
Note 1 to entry: As specified in IEC 61334-5-1:2001, 3.3.1, a physical frame comprises 2 bytes preamble, 2 bytes
start subframe delimiter, 38 bytes PSDU and 3 bytes pause.
3.2 Abbreviations
.cnf .confirm service primitive
.ind .indication service primitive
.req .request service primitive
.res .response service primitive
AA Application Association
AARE A-Associate Response – an APDU of the ACSE
AARQ A-Associate Request – an APDU of the ACSE
ACSE Association Control Service Element
AES Advanced Encryption Standard
AL Application Layer
AP Application Process
APDU Application Layer Protocol Data Unit
ASE Application Service Element
ASO Application service Object
A-XDR Adapted Extended Data
...