It is all about packets! by Galina Antonova, Canada, Mathias Kranich, Switzerland, and Sergiu Paduraru, Sweden, Hitachi Energy Communication is a fast-developing field that influences various...
Issue 062 December 2022
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Featured Articles
Data driven Testing of Digital Substation
by Robbert Koenderman, Qirion B.V., The Netherlands, and Christian Brauner, OMICRON electronics GmbH, Austria In recent years the need for energy has been extremely increased, setting the network...
Distribution feeder automation communication system...
by Andre Smit, Quanta Technology, USA As distribution feeder automation (DFA) systems evolved, communication system advances significantly improved the speed at which power restoration actions...
5G technology Releases supporting stringent requirements of...
by Amadou Louh, Rene Troost, and Joey Godefrooi Stedin, Shuang Zhang, HUAWEI, Andrej Goerbing, and Andreas Jahr, Siemens In their quest for a stable, safe and reliable electricity grid in the near...
Utilizing AMI for Last Mile Communications in Grid Modernization
Can AMI Systems Become More Grid-centric AGI Systems to Support Challenges on the Distribution Grid? by David G. Hart and Julio Romero Aguero, Quanta Technology, USA, and Aleksi Paaso LUMA...
Editorial
It is the age of communications – Issue 062 December 2022
by Alex Apostolov, Editor-in-Chief There is no doubt in my mind that probably the main characteristic of the time that we live in is the availability and use of communications technology in every...
Last Word
Communications everywhere …
by Alexander Apostolov, USA Like it or not the world of electric power systems has drastically changed during the last few decades. While in the past we can claim that we had wires everywhere, now it...
The Guru
Interview with PAC World guru Karlis Brinkis
PAC World: When and where were you born? K.B.: I was born in Lithuania, in Papile parish on 2nd January 1931. In this world, I applied faster than nature had planned. I was supposed to be born on...
History
Testing Technology in the 1950s (Part 2)
by Walter Schossig, Germany, and Thomas Schossig, OMICRON electronics GmbH, Austria As already discussed, the impact of standardization increased in the 1950s. More and more regulations and...