IEEE Power Engineering Society Meeting on:

Wireless IP Applications in BC Hydro Telemetery

Harry Lee, PEng,

BC Hydro, Engineering

 Abstract: Wireless IP networks have enjoyed an unprecedented build out over the past 5 years.  The surging demand for mobile data has resulted in carriers investing large sums of money with infrastructure.  Stationary industrial data applications have benefited from the recent ubiquity of these networks.  More economical pricing plans, wider coverage, ease of deployment and the “always on” connection has also made it an enabling technology for numerous telemetery applications.  This presentation discusses BC Hydro applications for automated meter reading and the challenges faced with integrating legacy protocols with a wireless IP environment.  The focus of the talk will be on practical solutions and diagnostics tools and methods for setting up and maintaining these applications on the wireless network.

Speaker: Harry Lee is a Specialist Engineer with BC Hydro.  He received his Electrical Engineering degree from the University of British Columbia in 1982 and is a registered Professional Engineer in the Province of B.C.  He joined B.C. Hydro in 1982 as an electrical research engineer in the R&D division and he is currently in the Protection and Control Services department in the Engineering Division.  Harry has been involved with many technology-related projects including EHV electro-optic transducers, travelling-wave fault location, GPS-synchronized phasor measurements, data communications networks and cyber-security issues for electric systems.

Date/Time Thursday, November 22, 2007, Noon-1:00 pm

Place: BC Hydro Edmonds Auditorium, Skytrain Room

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