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    The document outlines general requirements for an AMI communication network project. It states that the network must be reliable and able to provide communication in different terrains. It also requires a network management system to monitor performance, manage configurations, and provide security, fault management and performance monitoring. The network management software must use SNMPv3 and store data for a year in 5-minute intervals. It must also maintain device and network statistics and statuses.

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    The document outlines general requirements for an AMI communication network project. It states that the network must be reliable and able to provide communication in different terrains. It also requires a network management system to monitor performance, manage configurations, and provide security, fault management and performance monitoring. The network management software must use SNMPv3 and store data for a year in 5-minute intervals. It must also maintain device and network statistics and statuses.

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    The document outlines general requirements for an AMI communication network project. It states that the network must be reliable and able to provide communication in different terrains. It also requires a network management system to monitor performance, manage configurations, and provide security, fault management and performance monitoring. The network management software must use SNMPv3 and store data for a year in 5-minute intervals. It must also maintain device and network statistics and statuses.

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    Section 6.

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    2.2.1 General Requirements


    The AMISP shall design / hire reliable, interference free & robust communication network. It shall be
    effective for providing communication in terrain, topology & the consumer density of the project site.
    During designing, suitable consideration shall be kept for future expansion as mentioned in Annexure-
    E. Before designing the communication network, the AMISP shall do the site survey and would provide
    the most efficient communication infrastructure.
    The entire infrastructure & associated civil works required for installation & commissioning of
    equipment/devices such as DCUs, repeaters, routers & access points etc. shall be in the scope of AMISP.
    The network Solution deployed by the AMISP should have disaster recovery mechanism in place. The
    redundancy mechanism of HES and MDM and their disaster recovery plan shall also be highlighted
    by the AMISP. AMISP shall satisfy itself through the operational testing of network as a whole and
    its element for reliability before starting operations and billing.
    The quality of installation of the various equipment & power supply wiring to all field equipment shall
    be as per standards/ regulations/prevailing practices of the utility. The reasonable supply of electricity
    needed for operation and maintenance of entire AMI system shall be provided by the utilityfree of cost.
    A suitable NMS shall be built to monitor the performance of the communication network round the
    clock. The NMS shall provide viewing of all the networking elements deployed at site and enable
    configuration & parameterization of the networking devices and the nodes. In case of public network
    such as cellular, the web-based portal (for example Open Network platform) should be provided to have
    the network view at location of installed devices. The portal shall have connectivity & subscription
    management.
    A suitable digital platform (cloud-based application) and mobile apps could be provided to support field
    installation and capture field related activities and to manage the field operation & maintenance activity
    during the contract period. This platform shall manage project life cycle.
    2.2.2 Network Management System (NMS)
    The proposed NMS shall facilitate following activities:
    a) Security Management to protect systems and network from unauthorized access, manage user
    access, authorizing rights and privileges.
    b) Viewing of all network elements deployed in the field and administer configuration changes of
    the network devices and nodes through toolkits to automate the following tasks:
    i. Capture running configuration, capture start-up configuration, upload configuration
    ii. Compare configuration
    iii. Real-time or scheduled capture of device configurations
    iv. Store historical device configurations captured and enable comparison of current device
    configuration against a previously captured configuration
    c) Security patch management of all applications shall be encrypted and signed.
    d) Performance Management to monitor network performance as specified.

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    e) Fault Management to recognize, isolate, log and identify fault on network and connected nodes,
    devices.
    The network management software shall be based on the latest secured version of SNMP v3. The NMS
    shall have a simple browser-based user interface to provide all the pertinent information about the
    system. The NMS shall not impact the availability and performance of AMI applications and shallload
    not more than 1% of network bandwidth and shall have secure communication.
    The Network Management Software shall have following functionality:
    a) It shall maintain performance & error statistics, and present this information via displays, periodic
    reports and on-demand reports.
    b) Apart from real-time monitoring of critical network devices, the above information shall be
    collected and stored at user configurable periodicities i.e., 5 minutes to 60 minutes. The NMS shall
    be capable of storing the above data for a period of one (1) year at an interval of 5 minutes.
    c) It shall maintain a graphical display for connectivity and status of peripheral devices. The monitored
    devices shall be configured to send SNMP notifications, and the graphical element representing the
    device shall change to a different colour depending on the severity of thenotification received.
    d) It shall issue alarms when error conditions occur.
    e) The period over which the statistics are gathered shall be adjustable by the user and the accumulated
    statistics shall be reset at the start of each period.
    f) The statistics shall be available for printout and display after each period and on demand during the
    period.
    g) In case more than one technology of AMI (example PLCC and RF between Smart Meter & DCU)
    deployed in the field. It shall maintain statistics on the performance and availability of node being
    delivered per AMI technology.
    2.2.2.1 NMS Requirements Specific to HES
    The Network Management System (NMS) function within the HES shall manage communication
    network and its associated devices and monitor the performance of network. This module shall
    provide real time information about the IP network and its associated NAN/WAN modules in the field
    device/s.
    a) NMS shall be able to collect parameters viz. terminal status, device status, next hop
    information, RF / PLC signal strength, Hardware/software version numbers, communication
    logs/events etc. For cellular WAN network, it shall be able to constantly monitor the meter
    WAN module for its connectivity and signal strength and quality
    b) NMS function shall be able to perform ping & trace-route to an individual and a group of
    Nodes (NAN / WAN), Routers /Gateways / Access Point, DCU.
    c) NMS function shall routinely check the logged in status of the end node / field device and
    message
    from the end node/field device, it shall mark and notify the node as logged out. It shall be
    also possible to restart of a node (NAN/WAN) as well as trigger a hardware reset of the
    node.
    d) NMS function should be able to collect and store monitoring profiles from End Points
    (NAN/WAN modules) and network devices for performance evaluation and

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    troubleshooting purposes. Historical logs of monitored profiles shall be available analysis


    through standard reporting tool.
    e) If GIS is enabled, then topology, location (lat./long) and status of all network nodes shall
    be visible on GIS map.
    2.2.3 Network Protection & Security
    The AMI Network shall have adequate cyber security measures not limited to the measures as
    described below. The network security would be extended to all the interfaces also.
    Secure Access Controls: The system shall include mechanisms for defining and controlling user
    access to the applications environment. Best practices from enterprise security including password
    strength, password aging, password history, reuse prevention etc. must be followed foraccess
    control.
    Authorization Controls: A least-privilege concept such that users are only allowed to use or
    access functions for which they have been given authorization shall be available.
    Logging: Logs must be maintained for all attempts to log on (both successful and unsuccessful),
    any privilege change requests (both successful and unsuccessful), user actions affecting security
    (such as password changes), attempts to perform actions not authorized by the authorization
    controls, all configuration changes etc. Additionally, the access to such logs must be controlled
    in accordance with the least-privilege concept mentioned above, so that entries may not be deleted,
    accidentally or maliciously.
    The overall cyber security policy and implementation shall account for:
    a) Prevent unauthorized users from reading or writing data or files, executing programs or
    performing operations without appropriate privileges.
    b) Document all user sign on procedure
    c) Record all network traffic for detecting unauthorized activity, unusual activity and attempts to
    defeat system security (AMISP to propose and document what constitutes normal
    activity/traffic)
    d) A user authentication scheme consisting of at least a user identification and password shall
    be required for the user to request a connection to any network node.
    e) GUI to provide role-based access based on user identity and user role. Shall have following
    types of users:
    i. Administrator
    ii. Operator
    iii. Field staff
    iv. Viewer/Guest
    2.2.4 Communication Network Elements
    Following sections provide detail on both DCU based communication network and router-based
    RF mesh network. The AMISP shall select relevant parts as applicable for designing and
    establishing communication infrastructure. The network shall be horizontally and vertically
    scalable to accommodate future meter installations. <Utility to define the scalability level required
    for the network>. The network elements may be comprised of the following.

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