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© gridComm Pte. Ltd. Page 1 of 2 WP07181601 Competitive Edge GRIDCOMM’S COMPETITIVE EDGE gridComm, a company headquartered in Singapore, provides hybrid power line communications (PLC)-radio frequency (RF) devices and systems that enable the transformation of the electricity grid into a smart grid. By connecting utilities to their customers, gridComm's hybrid PLC-RF devices help to transform meters, streetlights, industrial systems, buildings and other appliances into energy-aware "smart devices" that react to conditions on the grid, thus implementing a worldwide communications network and Internet of Things (IOT) based on the existing power grid. While there are many smart solution providers around, gridComm excels and differentiates in several fronts: 1) Most Robust and Reliable Communication Technology gridComm’s most distinct strength is the underlying PLC communication technology that is based on the world’s most reliable and robust gridComm GC2200, the fundamental communications enabler and the next generation OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access) multi- redundant channel PLC transceiver, which enables real-time adaptive and self-configuring network over noisy power lines. gridComm GC2200 scans and selects the best frequencies in noisy environments providing both flexibility and opportunity for full redundancy with 18 channels. This, as opposed to other solutions which are largely single channel with fixed frequency, has distinct advantages in reliability. Without comprising security, gridComm PLC is encrypted with AES-128 technology. In order to extend the transmission range or to bridge a gap where there are no power lines, gridComm invented hybrid PLC- RF technology (patent pending) where a 19 th channel is added to the 18-channel of the GC2200. This allows seamless communications with any gridComm PLC, RF or hybrid PLC-RF devices allowing parallel communications to happen concurrently. This hybrid technology also serves to provide redundancy further boosting communication robustness. gridComm’s technology superiority makes it well suited for smart grid applications such as Smart Street Lighting System, Smart Metering and Advanced Metering Infrastructure, Industrial Control and Building Automation. Particularly in Smart Street Lighting System, gridComm PLC technology presents a Plug-and- Play solution without having the need to send field engineers on- site for configurations and debugging. This is critical to be able to scale in large deployments. 2) Smart Street Lighting Works-Out-Of-The-Box- Phase A gridComm’s robust PLC technology perfectly suits the power line networked Smart Street Lighting. The fact that it works Out-Of-The-Box and yet maintains high reliability makes Smart Street Lighting installation easy. Without a reliable communication network, there is no smartness and this is very critical enabling scalable deployments. Imagine field engineers are always needed for on-site tuning and debugging, this will not work and will not make economic sense. Most short-range wireless technologies, such as Zigbee, WIFI and Bluetooth, cannot reliably enable a scalable network. This is because these technologies are easily susceptible to outdoor interferences such as weather, other radio frequencies and physical obstructions (eg. metal, trees or walls). Imagine when the communication signals of a particular street light node are being interfered or obstructed, the communications for the downstream street light nodes will be impeded and become out of control. Likewise, a hacker can easily jam a network by using a jammer device with strong output power. PLC will not have this problem as physical access to the power cable will be needed. 3) World’s Only Fully Integrated Sensor-Ready Digital Power Supply gridComm’s highly integrated, high performance Digital Power Supply is designed and built with much less discrete components as compared to the conventional fixed-topology drivers. This results in much higher reliability and performance. Power efficiency is at least 95%. The DPS employs a 32-bit MCU replacing the control feedback loop in the conventional driver. Besides, due to its programmable nature, the DPS is adaptive to different types of loads with simpler circuit design and lower cost. Particularly, it adaptive nature enables it to learn and compensate for any DC voltage variations in LED luminaire preventing the lamp from flickering due to aging. Dimming, ON/OFF and electrical data read-back (such as input and output current/voltage, power consumption, power factor, temperature) can be performed with various types of luminaire- LED, Sodium Vapor, Metal Halide etc resulting in great improvements in productivity, steep reductions in CO2 emission and huge cost savings due to reduced energy consumption. Running the Digital Power Supply at dimmed level also helps extend its lifespan. The ability to read the output voltage and current (the input of luminaire) accurately predicts its working conditions. This gives great reliability, cost benefits and convenience in a single unit over the conventional two-piece solution- driver/ballast + controller. Besides, gridComm Digital Power Supply can easily integrate with motion, proximity and light sensors to cater for

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© gridComm Pte. Ltd. Page 1 of 2

WP07181601

Competitive Edge

GRIDCOMM’S COMPETITIVE EDGE

gridComm, a company headquartered in Singapore,

provides hybrid power line communications (PLC)-radio frequency

(RF) devices and systems that enable the transformation of the

electricity grid into a smart grid. By connecting utilities to their

customers, gridComm's hybrid PLC-RF devices help to transform

meters, streetlights, industrial systems, buildings and other

appliances into energy-aware "smart devices" that react to

conditions on the grid, thus implementing a worldwide

communications network and Internet of Things (IOT) based on

the existing power grid. While there are many smart solution

providers around, gridComm excels and differentiates in

several fronts:

1) Most Robust and Reliable Communication Technology

gridComm’s most distinct strength is the underlying PLC

communication technology that is based on the world’s most

reliable and robust gridComm GC2200, the fundamental

communications enabler and the next generation

OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access) multi-

redundant channel PLC transceiver, which enables real-time

adaptive and self-configuring network over noisy power lines.

gridComm GC2200 scans and selects the best frequencies in

noisy environments providing both flexibility and opportunity for full

redundancy with 18 channels. This, as opposed to other solutions

which are largely single channel with fixed frequency, has distinct

advantages in reliability. Without comprising security, gridComm

PLC is encrypted with AES-128 technology.

In order to extend the transmission range or to bridge a gap

where there are no power lines, gridComm invented hybrid PLC-

RF technology (patent pending) where a 19th channel is added

to the 18-channel of the GC2200. This allows seamless

communications with any gridComm PLC, RF or hybrid PLC-RF

devices allowing parallel communications to happen concurrently.

This hybrid technology also serves to provide redundancy further

boosting communication robustness.

gridComm’s technology superiority makes it well suited for

smart grid applications such as Smart Street Lighting System,

Smart Metering and Advanced Metering Infrastructure, Industrial

Control and Building Automation. Particularly in Smart Street

Lighting System, gridComm PLC technology presents a Plug-and-

Play solution without having the need to send field engineers on-

site for configurations and debugging. This is critical to be able to

scale in large deployments.

2) Smart Street Lighting Works-Out-Of-The-Box- Phase A

gridComm’s robust PLC technology perfectly suits the

power line networked Smart Street Lighting. The fact that it works

Out-Of-The-Box and yet maintains high reliability makes Smart

Street Lighting installation easy. Without a reliable

communication network, there is no smartness and this is

very critical enabling scalable deployments. Imagine field

engineers are always needed for on-site tuning and debugging,

this will not work and will not make economic sense.

Most short-range wireless technologies, such as

Zigbee, WIFI and Bluetooth, cannot reliably enable a scalable

network. This is because these technologies are easily

susceptible to outdoor interferences such as weather, other radio

frequencies and physical obstructions (eg. metal, trees or walls).

Imagine when the communication signals of a particular street

light node are being interfered or obstructed, the communications

for the downstream street light nodes will be impeded and become

out of control. Likewise, a hacker can easily jam a network by

using a jammer device with strong output power. PLC will not have

this problem as physical access to the power cable will be needed.

3) World’s Only Fully Integrated Sensor-Ready Digital Power

Supply

gridComm’s highly integrated, high performance Digital

Power Supply is designed and built with much less discrete

components as compared to the conventional fixed-topology

drivers. This results in much higher reliability and performance.

Power efficiency is at least 95%. The DPS employs a 32-bit

MCU replacing the control feedback loop in the conventional

driver. Besides, due to its programmable nature, the DPS is

adaptive to different types of loads with simpler circuit design and

lower cost. Particularly, it adaptive nature enables it to learn and

compensate for any DC voltage variations in LED luminaire

preventing the lamp from flickering due to aging. Dimming,

ON/OFF and electrical data read-back (such as input and

output current/voltage, power consumption, power factor,

temperature) can be performed with various types of

luminaire- LED, Sodium Vapor, Metal Halide etc resulting in

great improvements in productivity, steep reductions in CO2

emission and huge cost savings due to reduced energy

consumption. Running the Digital Power Supply at dimmed level

also helps extend its lifespan. The ability to read the output

voltage and current (the input of luminaire) accurately predicts its

working conditions. This gives great reliability, cost benefits and

convenience in a single unit over the conventional two-piece

solution- driver/ballast + controller.

Besides, gridComm Digital Power Supply can easily

integrate with motion, proximity and light sensors to cater for

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Competitive Edge

motion-trigger or light-trigger lighting strategies (eg. tunnel or less

frequent streets).

4) Complete End-to-End Turnkey Smart Street Lighting

Solution

gridComm is the only complete end-to-end solution provider

(except the luminaire and lamp post) in the world for smart

street light system.

This includes the Street Light Management Software (server or

cloud-based), the Master Light Controller (concentrator), the

Digital Power Supply/Smart Light Controller and the

fundamental communication enabler, gridComm GC2200 PLC

chip. Having a complete end-to-end system ensures that no

finger pointing happens when there is a problem with the

system.

5) Plug-and-Play Smart Street Light Sensory Network-

Phase B

In addition to Smart Street Lighting, gridComm’s hybrid

PLC+RF solution lays the foundation enabling city-wide

sensory network to be implemented based on street light

power lines infrastructure.

This enables phase-by-phase Smart City implementation. Once

the Smart Street Lighting System has been implemented as

Phase A,

sensory

network based on RF or power lines can be rolled out as Phase

B anytime. This is possible because

gridComm Smart Street Lighting solution is IoT-Sensor-Ready

solving the compatibility problems of communicating with different

types of networks. Phase B is about using the street lighting

power line as the infrastructure network to deploy IoT sensors.

gridComm solution can communicate with street lights and

IoT sensors using the hybrid PLC-RF technology, which can

be “Plug-and-Play” into the network easily without onsite

configurations. gridComm system intelligently networks the

street lightings and the IoT sensors automatically. IoT sensors to

monitor weather, traffic, pollution, light, motion, flood, seismic and

others can be integrated into the network as and when they are

needed. Besides providing network connectivity for RF-based

sensors, gridComm hybrid PLC-RF solution further increases

communication reliability by having a secondary redundant

communication medium.

6) Security and Data Analytics

gridComm network is completely secured and protected right

from the hybrid power line communications/RF network for the

end nodes, which is AES-128 protected, to the cellular TCP

network, which is backed by Intel gateway platform and Intel’s

Wind River McAfee software, which includes OpenSS, IPSEC

VPN, or Cisco’s gateway and security services. For Street Light

Management Software web hosting, gridComm selects IBM

Softlayer. The security measures in place ensure full protection

against hacking.

gridComm’s unique Smart Street Light Sensory Network system

enabled by gridComm’s hybrid PLC+RF technologies presents a

massive data dump for data analytics enabling Smart Cities to

take advantage of the huge city-wide power line networks to

access and analyse data from different types of sensors (weather,

traffic volume, pollution, seismic etc.). Analytics can be done on

street lamps’ voltage and current to more accurately predict

maintenance and the expected lifetime failures. Likewise,

analytics on seismic sensors at residential estates could help to

better predict earthquakes, thus saving lives. gridComm works

with IBM Watson amongst others for data analytics integration.

Contact Information

For more information regarding gridComm solution including pricing and ordering, please contact gridComm Pte Ltd at:

www.gridComm-plc.com [email protected]