SIST EN IEC 62056-8-8:2020

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-september-2020
Izmenjava podatkov meritev električne energije - Niz DLMS/COSEM - 8-8. del:
Komunikacijski profil za omrežja serije ISO/IEC 14908
Electricity metering data exchange - The DLMS/COSEM suite - Part 8-8: Communication
profile for ISO/IEC 14908 series networks
Datenkommunikation der elektrischen Energiemessung - DLMS/COSEM - Teil 8-8:
Kommunikationsprofil für Netzwerke der Reihe ISO/IEC 14908
Échange des données de comptage de l'électricité - La suite DLMS/COSEM - Partie 8-8:
Profil de communication pour réseaux de la série ISO/IEC 14908
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 62056-8-8:2020
ICS:
17.220.20 Merjenje električnih in Measurement of electrical
magnetnih veličin and magnetic quantities
35.240.50 Uporabniške rešitve IT v IT applications in industry
industriji
91.140.50 Sistemi za oskrbo z elektriko Electricity supply systems
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 62056-8-8

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
June 2020
ICS 17.220; 35.110; 91.140.50
English Version
Electricity metering data exchange - The DLMS/COSEM suite -
Part 8-8: Communication profile for ISO/IEC 14908 series
networks
(IEC 62056-8-8:2020)
Échange des données de comptage de l'électricité - La Datenkommunikation der elektrischen Energiemessung -
suite DLMS/COSEM - Partie 8-8: Profil de communication DLMS/COSEM - Teil 8-8: Kommunikationsprofil für
pour réseaux de la série ISO/IEC 14908 Netzwerke der Reihe ISO/IEC 14908
(IEC 62056-8-8:2020) (IEC 62056-8-8:2020)
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European Standard without any modification.
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IEC 62056-1-0 NOTE Harmonized as EN 62056-1-0

Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments)
applies.
NOTE 1  Where an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant
EN/HD applies.
NOTE 2  Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available here:
www.cenelec.eu.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 62056-5-3 2017 Electricity metering data exchange - The EN 62056-5-3 2017
DLMS/COSEM suite - Part 5-3:
DLMS/COSEM application layer
IEC 62056-6-1 2017 Electricity metering data exchange - The EN 62056-6-1 2017
DLMS/COSEM suite - Part 6-1: Object
Identification System (OBIS)
IEC 62056-6-2 2017 Electricity metering data exchange - The EN IEC 62056-6-2 2018
DLMS/COSEM suite - Part 6-2: COSEM
interface classes
ISO/IEC 14908-1 2012 Information technology - Control network - -
protocol - Part 1: Protocol stack
ISO/IEC 14908-3 2012 Information technology - Control network - -
protocol - Part 3: Power line channel
specification
- - Signalling on low-voltage electrical EN 50065-1 -
installations in the frequency range 3 kHz
to 148,5 kHz – Part 1: General
requirements, frequency bands and
electromagnetic disturbances
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 7
INTRODUCTION . 9
1 Scope . 10
2 Normative references . 10
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms . 11
3.1 Terms and definitions . 11
3.2 Abbreviated terms . 12
4 Targeted communication environments . 13
5 Use of the communication layers for this profile . 13
5.1 Information related to the use of the standard specifying the lower layers . 13
5.2 The structure of the communication profile . 14
5.3 Lower layers and their use . 14
5.3.1 Overview . 14
5.3.2 Physical layer . 15
5.3.3 Data link layer . 15
5.3.4 Network layer . 15
5.3.5 Transport layer . 15
5.4 Service mapping and Adaptation layer . 16
5.4.1 Overview . 16
5.4.2 Adaptation layer . 16
5.5 Registration and connection management . 27
6 Identification and addressing schemes . 27
7 Specific considerations for the application layer services . 28
7.1 Overview. 28
7.2 Application Association establishment and release: ACSE services . 28
7.2.1 Application association establishment . 28
7.2.2 Application association release . 29
7.2.3 COSEM-OPEN and COSEM-RELEASE service parameters . 29
7.3 xDLMS services . 30
7.4 Security mechanisms . 30
7.4.1 DLMS/COSEM security . 30
7.4.2 Adaptation layer security . 30
7.4.3 Lower layers security . 30
7.5 Transferring long application messages . 30
7.6 Media access, bandwidth and timing considerations . 30
7.7 Other considerations . 30
8 Communication configuration and management . 31
9 The COSEM Application Process . 31
10 Additional considerations for the use of this profile . 31
Annex A (informative) Examples . 32
Annex B (normative) Interface classes . 33
B.1 Interface classes . 33
B.1.1 ISO/IEC 14908 Identification . 33
B.1.2 ISO/IEC 14908 Protocol setup . 33
B.1.3 ISO/IEC 14908 Protocol status . 34

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B.1.4 ISO/IEC 14908 Diagnostic . 35
B.2 Relation to OBIS . 37
Annex C (informative) Implementation guide and migration path . 38
C.1 General . 38
C.2 Client-server model . 38
C.2.1 General . 38
C.2.2 Clients . 38
C.2.3 Servers . 39
C.2.4 Application associations . 39
C.3 The COSEM objects. 40
C.3.1 COSEM object model. 40
C.3.2 Referencing methods . 41
C.3.3 The object_list . 42
C.3.4 Mandatory COSEM objects . 42
C.3.5 Application specific objects . 42
C.3.6 Utility table objects . 42
Annex D (informative) OSGP-AES-128-PSK security suite . 46
D.1 General . 46
D.2 Background. 47
D.2.1 Overview . 47
D.2.2 System Assumptions . 47
D.2.3 Threat Model . 47
D.2.4 Design goals . 48
D.2.5 Inspiration . 48
D.3 Terms and definition, abbreviated terms and notation . 48
D.3.1 Terms and definitions . 48
D.3.2 Abbreviated terms . 50
D.3.3 Notation . 50
D.3.4 Other conventions . 50
D.4 Cryptographic Primitives . 51
D.4.1 General . 51
D.4.2 CMAC . 51
D.4.3 CCM . 51
D.5 Cryptographic Functions . 52
D.5.1 Overview . 52
D.5.2 OSGP_KDF: Key Derivation Function . 52
D.5.3 OSGP_MAC: Message Authentication Code Function . 52
D.5.4 OSGP_MAC_VERIFY: Message Authentication Code Verification
Function . 53
D.5.5 OSGP_AE/OSGP_AD: Authenticated Encryption/Decryption Function . 53
D.5.6 OSGP_CSPRNG: Cryptographically Secure Pseudo Random Number
Generator . 55
D.6 Keys . 56
D.7 Secure channel initialization . 58
D.7.1 Overview . 58
D.7.2 Secure Channel State (CryptoContext) . 58
D.7.3 Flow . 58
D.7.4 Security Suite Negotiation . 63
D.7.5 LNAP Commissioning . 64

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D.7.6 Error Handling and Intrusion Detection . 64
D.7.7 Messages . 64
D.8 Secure Channel Communication . 67
D.8.1 General . 67
D.8.2 The General Process . 68
D.8.3 Unicast communication . 69
D.8.4 Broadcast Communication . 73
D.9 Firmware Downloading . 75
D.10 Key Management . 76
D.10.1 Renewing the Short-term, Meter-unique Keys . 76
D.10.2 Renewing the Short-term, Domain-unique Keys . 76
D.10.3 UpdateDomainKeysRequest . 77
D.10.4 UpdateDomainKeysResponse . 77
D.11 Updating the Long-term, Meter-unique Keys . 77
D.11.1 General . 77
D.11.2 Key Validity Periods . 78
D.12 Error Messages . 78
D.12.1 Overview . 78
D.12.2 AuthenticationFailure . 78
D.12.3 SequenceError . 78
D.13 Security considerations . 78
D.13.1 Reasoning . 78
D.13.2 Recommendation and Guidance for Implementers . 81
Annex E (normative) Repeating mechanism . 83
E.1 Overview. 83
E.2 Terms and definitions . 83
E.3 Protocol specification . 84
E.3.1 Overview . 84
E.3.2 Addressing . 84
E.3.3 Service types . 84
E.3.4 Timers . 84
E.3.5 Request flow . 85
E.3.6 Response flow . 85
E.3.7 Authentication. 85
E.3.8 Examples. 86
E.3.9 Broadcast . 87
E.4 Downlink frame format . 87
E.4.1 Overview . 87
E.4.2 Proxy parameters of request frame . 88
E.5 Uplink Frame format . 92
E.5.1 Overview . 92
E.5.2 Proxy success . 92
E.5.3 Repeating Failure . 93
E.5.4 Authentication failure . 93
Annex F (informative) ISO/IEC 14908-3 Registration and monitoring of LNAPs . 94
F.1 Scope . 94
F.2 Terms and definitions . 94
F.3 Metering device lifecycle . 94
F.4 ATM Protocol . 95

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F.4.1 General . 95
F.4.2 ATM roles . 95
F.4.3 Automatic discovery. 95
F.4.4 Discovery domain . 96
F.4.5 ATM messages . 96
F.5 Commissioning . 100
F.5.1 Overview . 100
F.5.2 Commissioning operations . 100
Bibliography . 101

Figure 1 – Functional reference architecture . 13
Figure 2 – Structure of the communication profile . 14
Figure 3 – Adaptation layer structure . 17
Figure 4 – Unprotected Adaptation layer PDU structure . 18
Figure 5 – Protected Adaptation layer PDU structure . 19
Figure 6 – Adaptation layer services . 20
Figure 7 – Client and server ADP_DATA services . 24
Figure D.1 – Key hierarchy diagram . 56
Figure D.2 – Secure channel establishment . 59
Figure D.3 – Challenge request . 60
Figure D.4 – Challenge response . 60
Figure D.5 – Commission Request . 61
Figure D.6 – Commission response . 62
Figure D.7 – Crypto context establishment . 67
Figure D.8 – Authenticate encryption mechanism . 68
Figure D.9 – Authenticated decryption . 69
Figure E.1 – Unacknowledged message exchange . 86
Figure E.2 – Request / Response message . 86
Figure E.3 – Error during request transmission . 86
Figure E.4 – Error during response transmission . 87
Figure E.5 – Proxy Repeater proxy message . 87
Figure E.6 – Proxy Agent proxy message format . 87
Figure E.7 – Proxy Target message format . 88
Figure E.8 – Normal ProxyTrailer . 90
Figure E.9 – Alternate Key Proxy Trailer . 90
Figure E.10 – Proxy SICB field structure . 90
Figure E.11 – Alternate Key format . 91
Figure E.12 – ProxySubnetNode Address (Type1) . 92
Figure E.13 – ProxyUniqueNode_ID Address (Type 2) . 92
Figure E.14 – ProxyBroadcast Address (Type 3) . 92
Figure E.15 – ProxySubnetNode Compact Address (Type 5 and 7) . 92
Figure E.16 – ProxyUniqueNodeCompact Address (Type 6) . 92

Table 1 – Control field. 18

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Table 2 – Client and Server SAP. 28
Table 3 – Application associations and data exchange in the DLMS/COSEM over
ISO/IEC14908 profile . 29
Table C.1 – Pre-established association parameters . 40
Table C.2 – base_name range for tables categories . 43
Table C.3 – base_names for standard tables BT00 to BT79 . 44
Table D.1 – Security logical layers . 46
Table D.2 – Key type and their scope . 57
Table D.3 – Challenge request . 65
Table D.4 – Challenge response . 65
Table D.5 – Commission request . 66
Table D.6 – Commission response structure . 67
Table D.7 – Request message . 70
Table D.8 – response message structure . 70
Table D.9 – Nonce construction . 70
Table D.10 – Associated Data construction . 71
Table D.11 – Broadcast message . 74
Table D.12 – Broadcast nonce . 74
Table D.13 – Broadcast Associated Data . 74
Table D.14 – Update Domain Keys request . 77
Table D.15 – Update Domain Keys response . 77
Table D.16 – AuthenticationFailure message . 78
Table D.17 – SequenceError message . 78
Table D.18 – Example of risks . 82
Table E.1 – ProxyHeader format . 88
Table E.2 – ProxyDetailedAddress format . 89
Table E.3 – ProxyUniformAddress format . 89
Table E.4 – ProxyTx control format . 89
Table E.5 – Address Type values . 90
Table E.6 – Service types . 91
Table E.7 – Mode types . 91
Table E.8 – Repeating success response. 93
Table E.9 – Repeating Failure. 93
Table E.10 – Authentication failure code . 93
Table F.1 – ATM Message header structure . 97
Table F.2 – ATM payloads . 97
Table F.3 – ATM-query-ID request structure . 98
Table F.4 – ATM-query-ID response structure . 98
Table F.5 – ATM-respond-to-query request structure . 99
Table F.6 – ATM respond-to-query response structure . 99
Table F.7 – Flags . 100

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FOREWORD
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International Standard IEC 62056-8-8 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 13,
Electrical energy measurement and control.
The text of this International Standard is based on the following documents:
CDV Report on voting
13/1783/CDV 13/1792/RVC
Full information on the voting for the approval of this International Standard can be found in the
report on voting indicated in the above table.
This document has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
A list of all parts in the IEC 62056 series, published under the general title Electricity metering
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INTRODUCTION
The IEC 62056 DLMS/COSEM suite provides specific communication profile standards for
communication media relevant for smart metering.
Such communication profile standards specify how the COSEM data model and the
DLMS/COSEM application layer can be used on the lower communication media-specific
protocol layers.
Communication profile standards refer to communication standards that are part of the
IEC 62056 DLMS/COSEM suite or to any other open communication standard.
This International Standard specifies DLMS/COSEM communication profile using
ISO/IEC 14908‑1:2012, Information technology – Control network protocol – Part 1: Protocol
stack and ISO/IEC 14908‑3:2012, Information technology – Control network protocol – Part 3:
Power line channel specification. It applies for devices installed on the neighbourhood area
network.
It follows the rules defined in IEC 62056‑5‑3:2017, Annex A, and in IEC 62056-1-0, and
IEC TS 62056-1-1 for its structure.

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1 Scope
This part of IEC 62056 describes how the DLMS/COSEM Application layer and the COSEM
object model as specified in IEC 62056‑5‑3:2017, IEC 62056‑6‑1:2017 and IEC 62056‑6‑2:2017
can be used over the lower layers specified in the IEC 14908 series, forming a DLMS/COSEM
ISO/IEC 14908 communication profile.
This document is part of the IEC 62056 series. Its structure follows IEC 62056-1-0 and
IEC TS 62056-1-1.
Annex A (informative) provides examples of representative instances of data exchange.
NOTE This Annex A is included and referenced for consistency with other parts of the IEC 62056 suite, but it is
empty.
Annex B (normative) defines COSEM interface classes and related OBIS codes for setting up
and managing the DLMS/COSEM communication profile for IEC 14908 networks. These
interface classes and OBIS codes will be moved later to IEC 62056-6-2 and IEC 62056-6-1.
Annex C (informative) provides an implementation guide and specifies a migration path from
Utility Tables based applications to DLMS/COSEM based applications.
Annex D (informative) specifies the OSGP-AES-128-PSK security suite for optional use on the
adaptation layer level.
Annex E (normative) specifies the repeating mechanism over the ISO 14908-3 Power Line
Channel network.
Annex F (informative) specifies ISO/IEC 14908-3 Registration and monitoring of LNAPs.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies.
For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any
amendments) applies.
IEC 62056‑5‑3:2017, Electricity metering data exchange – The DLMS/COSEM suite – Part 5‑3:
DLMS/COSEM application layer
IEC 62056‑6‑1:2017, Electricity metering data exchange – The DLMS/COSEM suite – Part 6‑1:
Object Identification System (OBIS)
‑2:
IEC 62056‑6‑2:2017, Electricity metering data exchange – The DLMS/COSEM suite – Part 6
COSEM interface classes
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ISO/IEC 14908‑1:2012, Information technology – Control network protocol – Part 1: Protocol
stack
ISO/IEC 14908‑3:2012, Information technology – Control network protocol – Part 3: Power line
channel specification
EN 50065‑1, Signalling on low‑voltage electrical installations in the frequency range 3 kHz to
148,5 kHz – Part 1: General requirements, frequency bands and electromagnetic disturbances
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following
addresses:
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• ISO Online browsing platform: available at http://www.iso.org/obp
NOTE All the messages in this document use the big endian format
3.1 Terms and definitions
3.1.1
domain
logical network that is a unit for addressing
Note 1 to entry: Subnet (see below) and node addresses are assigned by the administrator responsible for the
domain, and they have meaning only in the context of that domain.
Note 2 to entry: All nodes belongs to the same domain to be able to address each other.
3.1.2
node
abstraction for a physical node that represents the highest degree of address resolvability on a
network
Note 1 to entry: A node is identified (addressed) within a subnet by its (logical) node identifier called Node_ID. A
physical node may belong to more than one subnet; when it does,
...