scope:

This document describes the data interface model, application-level communication, management functionalities, and security mechanism for the exchange of data with smart-grid devices. The following five areas are referred to as the Open Smart Grid Protocol (OSGP).

• Data exchange with smart-grid devices allows Utility Suppliers to collect customer usage information such as billing data and load profiles, monitor and control grid utilization, provision scheduling of tariffs, detect theft and tampers, and to issue disconnects, to name a few. Meter features are described in Clauses 7 and 8.

• The OSGP data interface uses a representation-oriented model (tables and procedures) which require low overhead. The model is described in Clause 5, with specific tables specified in Annex A, Annex B, and procedures in Annex C and Annex D.

• The OSGP application protocol is designed to use the EN 14908-1:2014 communication stack over narrowband power line channels. Clause 9 describes the messages that are used to access OSGP data. An essential feature of the protocol over power line channels is a repeating mechanism which gives the application layer the control and responsibility for forwarding packets among devices, independent of the routing protocol or limitations of underlying layers. Therefore OSGP can be adapted to other communication stacks and medium, although such adaptation is outside of the scope of this specification. The repeating mechanism is described in Annex G.

• OSGP management features include the discovery of devices and the routing topology in a protocol called Automated Topology Management (described in Clause 4) commissioning of devices for secured communication (Annex F), monitoring of device connectivity, and updating of device firmware.

• OSGP security covers authentication, encryption, and key management. This is detailed in Annex F.