Elexon and ASL will be hosting an education day relating to the changing nature of communications and the impact this will have on the metering population and therefore Settlement.
The event will be hosted at 10:00am, Wednesday 9th October at the Elexon offices in London.
Topics that will be covered include:
- The switch off PSTN and the impact this will have on industry participants and Settlement.
- The switch off of 2G and 3G networks by Network Providers and the impact this will have on industry participants and Settlement. This will be broken down as follows:
- The impact the roll out of 4G and 5G technologies (as well as the decline of 2G and the cessation of PSTN) will have on Metering Systems currently using CSD as a primary communications method.
- The impact to industry participants and the metering population the closure of the 2G network will have on Metering Systems using GPRS over 2G as a primary communications method.
- Education on the newer emergent replacement technologies and which are suitable to use with metering for Settlement purposes ( examples including: nB-IoT vs LTE technologies, satellite communications vs fixed broadband connections).
- Recommendations and education on steps industry participants can take to mitigate these impacts from ASL.
- What have Elexon already done to mitigate these impacts and what further steps Elexon are planning to take to ease the risks of the transition away from 2G/PSTN.
If you would like to attend, please register on the Elexon website.