Implementation of multi-function TETRA Gateway

The next generation power IT system will consist of automated transmission and distribution systems that support efficient and reliable supply and delivery of power. The goal is to create a power IT system capable of handling emergency and disaster situations, while also able to accommodate current and future utility business environments, market requirements, and customer needs. In this paper, we propose multi-function TETRA Gateway (MFTG) that can convert various power IT protocols into TETRA protocols to show that the next generation electric power IT system can be constructed in TETRA radio infrastructure. Our MFTG is a TETRA network equipment that converts power IT protocols (for example, transformer load monitoring protocol, RTU (Remote Terminal Unit) protocol for monitoring power transmission steel tower wind direction/wind velocity, DLMS, DNP, and IEC61850 etc...) into TETRA protocols through short data, status messaging and packet data.