{"id":103774,"date":"2025-09-15T16:45:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T13:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlinestandart.com\/?p=103774"},"modified":"2025-09-15T16:45:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T13:45:07","slug":"electronics-ict-telecoms-5g-networking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlinestandart.com\/en\/electronics-ict-telecoms-5g-networking\/","title":{"rendered":"Electronics \/ ICT (Telecoms, 5G, Networking)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key standards<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>IEC\u202f61850 (communication networks and systems in substations), IEEE\u202f1588 (PTP time synchronisation), 3GPP\/ETSI (5G).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Documented issues<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>PAC World reported results from multi-vendor interoperability tests for IEC&nbsp;61850. They found that some Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs) <strong>lost PTP time synchronisation<\/strong>, which <strong>blocked protection functions<\/strong> during tests. The report emphasises that <strong>multi-vendor functional testing<\/strong> is essential and that issues require triage. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacw.org\/iec-61850-interoperability-tests#:~:text=The%20SCL%20IOP%20pushed%20to,summarized%20in%20the%20following%20graph\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pacw.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Typical challenges<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Integrating devices from multiple vendors can lead to interoperability and time-sync problems.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Engineers rely on default configurations and assume devices conform fully to the standard.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lack of central management for firmware updates and configuration files.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Best Practice playbook<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Plan and conduct multi-vendor interoperability tests<\/strong> early in projects; verify GOOSE and Sampled Value messaging across all IEDs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacw.org\/iec-61850-interoperability-tests#:~:text=The%20SCL%20IOP%20pushed%20to,summarized%20in%20the%20following%20graph\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pacw.org<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ensure reliable time synchronization<\/strong> (IEEE\u202f1588\/PTP) across devices; monitor for sync loss and configure fallback states.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Manage firmware and configuration files<\/strong> centrally; avoid mismatched versions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Use conformance certificates and test reports<\/strong> from independent labs; update procurement specifications to require them.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Provide training<\/strong> on IEC\u202f61850 engineering and commissioning; involve vendor experts.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">References<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PAC World article detailing IEC\u202f61850 interoperability test findings (IED time-sync loss and blocked protection functions). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacw.org\/iec-61850-interoperability-tests#:~:text=The%20SCL%20IOP%20pushed%20to,summarized%20in%20the%20following%20graph\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pacw.org<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key standards Documented issues PAC World reported results from multi-vendor interoperability tests for IEC&nbsp;61850. They found that some Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs) lost PTP time synchronisation, which blocked protection functions during tests. The report emphasises&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[166],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-case-studies"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":166,"label":"Case Studies"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"Online Standart","author_link":"https:\/\/onlinestandart.com\/en\/author\/online-standart\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":166,"name":"Case Studies","slug":"case-studies","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":166,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":16,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":166,"category_count":16,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Case Studies","category_nicename":"case-studies","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlinestandart.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlinestandart.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlinestandart.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlinestandart.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlinestandart.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/onlinestandart.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103774\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlinestandart.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlinestandart.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlinestandart.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}