Power Transmission

and Distribution
How to Ensure That Your Journey
Adds the Value You Seek Without
Disrupting the Mission-Critical
Service Your Customers Rely On

SOLUTION BRIEF

Today’s smart grid and industrial internet of things (IIoT) devices promise great advances
in safety, security, speed and more. But they require greater network capacity and more
flexibility for various system integrations, pushing into fast-forward the drive to upgrade power
transmission and distribution (PT&D) networks.

If the pressure leaves you wondering how you can achieve such enormous changes without
disrupting the seamless supply of power to your customers, you are not alone.

Belden understands your situation, and our vendor-agnostic connected energy solution with
carefully planned migration enables you to maximize the value of your legacy assets even as you
create a flexible, future-proof network foundation for your business.

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 Designing Future-Ready Networks for PT&D

When you think about your goals for the coming year, how many of them could benefit from more
reliability, operational efficiency, safety, sustainability, customer satisfaction?

There are several strategies that can be implemented to increase these KPIs, for example:

• Improve cross-enterprise data flow to drive better • Increase your use of remotely controlled grid
and real-time insights. equipment and inspection drones.

• Protect against cyberthreats to drive equipment • Streamline communication and data entry
safety, power reliability and security compliance. for everyone from field workers to corporate
employees.

The key to your digitization journey unlocking better performance is a highly functional, high-availability
network with robust connections between assets:

• Within each operational area. • Between operations technology (OT) and

information technology (IT) networks.
• Between operational areas.

Belden helps you map your migration in stages that leverage the value of your existing infrastructure.

We empower you to confidently deploy flexible, custom-fit connected energy solutions that

incorporate newer technologies to meet your digitization goals with

less downtime and more value added from legacy equipment.

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 Pathway to a Robust Network Foundation for Digital Transformation

With Belden’s help, you can implement the strong network backbone you need for digital
transformation. Belden can help you shift to Multiprotocol Label Switching-Transport Profile (MPLS-
TP) to ensure mission-critical transport of information as you retire older synchronous digital hierarchy
(SDH) and synchronous optical networking (SONET) technologies.

Our experts assess your unique requirements to design, test, proof and troubleshoot custom-built
networks. Our future-ready, fast connected energy network solution will support IT-OT convergence
while leveraging legacy supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), tele-protection and auxiliary
systems.

PT&D includes three main operational areas:

Operational Area 1 Operational Area 2 Operational Area 3

Substation Automation Systems (SAS) Smart Grid Wide Area Network (WAN) Control or Dispatch Centers
3 common network or system levels: Operational Telecommunications: Centralized Operations Management:
• Station Level • Over a WAN • Control center
• Bay Level • Connects all together • Oversees the PT&D network
• Process Level • Based on data transport technology • Single or multiple locations

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 Experts for All Your PT&D Networking Needs

As an end-to-end network solution provider, Belden guides you to the products, services and
tools you need to move ahead on your digitization journey. With our experts by your side, you
will see your unique automation plans come to life through a combination of Belden’s extensive
network portfolio and third-party tools and services. Below is an idea of what a full connected
energy solution architectural would like for the operational areas listed above:

Central Remote Operation/ NMS (Network CCTV Console/ SOC (Security

Master Clock SCADA Engineering Station Management System) Video Recorder Operation System)

Smart Grid
Load Dispatch Center

Generation SS Transmission SS Distribution SS

Single or Single or Single or

Redundant Redundant Redundant
Master Firewall VOIP Firewall Firewall
VOIP
Clock HMI Local Operation/ or FXS or FXS HMI
SCADA Engineering Master
Clock Operation/
Legacy Engineering
Interfaces C37.94
CCTV and Legacy
VOIP C37.94
or FXS CCTV Interfaces Master
and Legacy
CCTV Clock
Interfaces
RTU RTU

Station Level RTU

Station Bus Station Level

Protection
Station Bus
Bay Level Relays and Teleprotection
Controllers Bay Level
Protection
Relays and Teleprotection
Wind Farm Solar Plant
Process Bus Controllers
SAS

Process Level Merging Units

SAS

Smart
Meter

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 Global Customer Innovation Centers

Belden’s Customer Innovation Centers (CICs) serve your needs throughout the solution development
lifecycle. These hubs – strategically located to serve regions throughout the world – offer access to best-
in-class capabilities, including the opportunity to run proof of concepts (PoCs) in our validation lab.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT
01 Establish a best-in-class network

TECHNICAL CONSULTING
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Leverage end-to-end expertise to

simplify network complexity &
accelerate business impact with
tailor-made solutions
EDUCATION & EVENTS
Continuous learning & events to
make the most informed
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& SUPPORT
Simplify complexity, mitigate risk &
accelerate delivery with qualified
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Our Experts at Your Side

Designing the right solution for your business needs is not an easy task, so Belden provides direct
access to our experts.

Solution Architect Digital Automation Consultant

• Deep technical knowledge of network architectures • Industry expertise with deep networking know-how

• Develop, design, and validate best solutions tailored • Lead process, workflows, and data assessments to
to the complexity of each customer’s unique business identify digital transformation opportunities and
challenge. calculate potential value of network solutions for the
customer.

Solution Consultant Service Engineer

• Deep technical knowledge of applications and • Deep technical knowledge of products and
industries technologies

• Guide the customer in their digital transformation • Conduct trainings, test and commission networks.
journey, conducting industrial network audits and
positioning the ideal solutions. • Lead network assessments and deliver high quality
pre-sales and post-sales technical support.

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