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Hybrid SCADA Networks

This document discusses hybrid SCADA communication networks. It describes using different wireless technologies like private fiber, microwave, and licensed/unlicensed radio frequencies to connect a corporate office to a network access point and well pads. It also covers considerations for designing such networks, including managing bandwidth, protocol optimization, using software-defined radios, and integrating new radios into legacy networks. The document provides an overview of hybrid network design options and tradeoffs.

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Hybrid SCADA Networks

This document discusses hybrid SCADA communication networks. It describes using different wireless technologies like private fiber, microwave, and licensed/unlicensed radio frequencies to connect a corporate office to a network access point and well pads. It also covers considerations for designing such networks, including managing bandwidth, protocol optimization, using software-defined radios, and integrating new radios into legacy networks. The document provides an overview of hybrid network design options and tradeoffs.

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Hybrid

SCADA Communication
Networks

xetawave.com November 2016


Hybrid SCADA Communication Networks
Discussion Points:
• Corporate Office to Network Access Point (NAP)
• NAP to Well Pad
• Well Pad Network
• Dangers / RF Security
• Design Considerations
• SD Radio
• Legacy Networks
• Q&A
Corporate Office to Network Access Point (NAP)

Cloud to Private NAP
High Speed Communication technologies
• Private fiber
• Private broadband
• Private microwave
• Big data pipe
• Part 101 900 MHz an option
Network Access Point To Well Pad
Broadband Microwave
• High speed 
• Line of Sight (LOS) only
• Unlicensed – Competing with wireless ISP’s
900 MHz
• Approx. 1 Mbps, moderate range
• Frequency synchronization
• Forgiving of line of sight
• Interference so bad it can only get better!
Licensed Channel
• Very reliable
• Long range
• Low speed
Well Pad Network

Broadband Wireless IO
• Line of sight only • Best if integrated within existing 
• Many non C1D2 options wireless networks
• End to end network management
900 MHz
• Local intelligence – data concentrator
• Near line of sight
• Possible self‐interference NAP to pad networks
2.4 GHz
• Eliminates near self‐interference
• Near line of sight due to higher system gain 
DANGERS – RF Security

RF data must be encrypted – AES
Unlicensed means no control – protocol must deal with jamming
Licensed channels should hop
Parallel RF links with different frequencies
• 900 MHz x 400 MHz (9x4)
• 900 MHz x 2.4 GHz (9x2.4)
• 200 MHz x 900 MHz (2x9)
• Licensed and Unlicensed 900 MHz MAS/ISM
Design Considerations
Path Studies and understanding bandwidth requirements are essential!

You need to manage your data!

• In a narrow pipe -> limited bandwidth, only allow SCADA data

• Filter/block “office” traffic

Protocol Optimization – know what you are trying to do!

• SCADA data – small packets, lots of them

Packets per second more important than throughput

• VIDEO wherever – big data, big packets

• Largely inbound traffic, high bandwidth


Software Defined Radio (SDR)

 SD Radios don’t need to be multiband


 SD Radio – all characteristics controlled by software
Makes it obsolete proof!
 One radio can operate in multiple FCC modes
 Drop in new code over the air, same hardware, and it works
 Not the same as using a chipset that has no control and will end of life
 Narrow banding – instead of replacing hardware to meet new FCC
channelization, SD radios can just be reprogrammed.
SD Radios Emulate Legacy Radios
SD radio can mimic legacy waveform and protocol

Why continue to invest in a legacy radio? Drop in SD radio in emulation


mode as replacement radio, when field hits critical mass turn on new features,
speeds and capabilities.
How SDR Works in Legacy Networks Using INS
XetaWave’s Intelligent Network Synchronizer (INS) enables Ethernet
and Serial radios to be added into a legacy network, enhancing the
performance of the existing radio system, providing a higher
performance, parallel XetaWave network.
Ethernet
Serial

Serial

Ethernet

Serial
Jonathan Sawyer
Founder, CEO
XetaWave
Email: jonathan@xetawave.com

Presentation available for download from


www.xetawave.com/Company/Events.shtml

xetawave.com

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