Airspan and Grid Net to Enable 4G Smart Grids for Utilities
Airspan Networks Inc., a provider of broadband wireless solutions, says smart grid software company Grid Net has completed an interoperability test with Airspan's 4G wireless infrastructure solution. Airspan says its 4G infrastructure "facilitates the communications path" for Grid Net's network-management software over a wireless network operating in the 2.3 GHz and 2.5 GHz wireless bands. This smart grid network is designed to support the operation and management of smart metering, distribution automation, demand response, distributed generation and energy storage for utilities. The interoperability testing simulated a network consisting of smart meters with embedded 4G WiMAX chips that communicated electricity-usage data directly to Airspan 4G MacroMAX base stations, which then transferred the data to the Grid Net network management server. SOURCE: Airspan Networks
