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MARCH 24-27, 2025 | DALLAS, TEXAS | Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center

 

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Distributech International White

MARCH 24-27, 2025 | DALLAS, TEXAS | Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center

 

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10:15 AM
  1. Enabling Utility Use-Cases Through a Hybrid Advanced Communication Network Consisting of Fiber Optics and PLTE
    W303ABC
    30 mins
    • Communication Tech and Networks
    ComEd is paving the way for a safe, secure, flexible, and resilient electric grid through strategic deployment of an industry-leading advanced communication and telemetry network built on Fiber Optics ...
11:05 AM
  1. PLTE Testing of Utility Use-Cases in support of Grid Modernization
    W303ABC
    30 mins
    • Communication Tech and Networks
    An overview of Private Long-Term Evolution (PLTE) testing on utility use-cases within Distribution Automation and Voltage Optimization in support of the development of an advanced communication and te ...
1:00 PM
  1. Private Virtual Network Operator (PVNO): What is it and How Can Utilities Benefit from it?
    W303ABC
    30 mins
    • Communication Tech and Networks
    Private Virtual Network Operator (PVNO) has recently become an option many utilities are considering. Leveraging on standardization (4G and 5G) and market well-established practices, PVNO can build a ...
1:50 PM
  1. Microwave Communications: 6GHz Interference Mitigation
    W303ABC
    30 mins
    • Communication Tech and Networks
    Microwave radio systems have proven to be very reliable, but the future will be more challenging due to the unlicensed use of the 6Ghz spectrum. As utlities become more aware of this issue there is a ...
2:40 PM
  1. Rethinking Sustainable Sites for Utilities
    W303ABC
    30 mins
    • Communication Tech and Networks
      Join experts as they discuss sustainable site use cases and address utilities' unique requirements with various sustainable cell site solutions. Sustainable power is necessary, particularly in locat ...
3:30 PM
  1. Demystifying Private Cellular with Four Major IOUs
    W303ABC
    60 mins
    • Communication Tech and Networks
    This panel represents utilities at various stages of private cellular adoption, from currently adopting to considering. The discussion will serve as an update to the same panel from Distributech 2023, ...
9:15 AM
  1. Shared Networks One Year In: The Reality and Lessons Learned from Sharing Electric & Gas AMI Networks
    W303ABC
    60 mins
    • Communication Tech and Networks
    In the U.S., nearly 80% of U.S. households now have a smart meter. While most of these meters are electric, the modern networks they communicate under often form canopies over numerous smaller utiliti ...
10:55 AM
  1. Private LTE: Seamless Public/Private Network Transitioning
    W303ABC
    30 mins
    • Communication Tech and Networks
    This session will dissect transition from utility legacy proprietary solutions to standards-based LTE. As utility device counts, bandwidth, and latency needs become more complex, entirely new architec ...
1:00 PM
  1. Is Now the Time for MC-PTT?
    W303ABC
    30 mins
    • Communication Tech and Networks
    Many utilities are making the choice to deploy PLTE networks to provide better control and a wide range of capabilities. They are also working to replace their aging LMR networks. But, should the cons ...
1:50 PM
  1. Empowering the future of utility applications using pLTE in licensed and unlicensed spectrum
    W303
    30 mins
    • Communication Tech and Networks
    With a growing contingent of smart grid devices adding pressure to utility telecommunications, utilities are aiming to leverage the potential of pLTE to support a range of current and future applicati ...
3:30 PM
  1. Utility Applications and the Roadmap Toward Reliable, Low-latency Communication
    W303ABC
    60 mins
    • Communication Tech and Networks
    Low Latency communication is a key requirement for enabling wireless to serve in many protection and control use cases of interest to utilities. Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communication (URLLC) has be ...
10:30 AM
  1. The Practical Application of Utility Hosted Core Services
    W303ABC
    60 mins
    • Communication Tech and Networks
    JEA has been field trialing PLTE for the past year with Southern Linc providing core hosting services. While PLTE has become a hot topic of conversation within the utility industry over the past coupl ...
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