EC-IoT Accelerates Digital

Transformation of Industries

Security Level:
In the IoT Era, More Data Is Processed at the Edge

2025
100 billion connections

75% of network traffic

processed at the network edge

Difficult data analysis Difficult management Difficult

163 ZB data, 10 times and processing of large number of devices interconnection
more than in 2016

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 EC-IoT: Open Edge Computing + Industry-Leading PLC-IoT,
Accelerating Digital Transformation
Open Edge Computing-Internet of Things
Industry Power Smart energy Pole-mounted ...
distribution IoT use IoT site
(EC-IoT) gateway: deploying industry Apps in minutes
Practices
• Multi-container management, software and hardware resource openness,
RESTful / MQTT interfaces
• On-demand deployment of industry apps, such as electric power, digital
Cloud IoT Platform government apps, etc.
Management
Industry-leading PLC-IoT and IoT interfaces, applicable to
various scenarios
4G/3G/Ethernet…
• Supports IPv6, enables IP-based end devices, and improves transmission
Industry Industry
... efficiency by six times
EC-IoT App App
• Various interfaces and protocols, adapting to industrial sensors, electrical
gateway LXC/Docker devices, and signal lights, etc.

Connection
PLC-IoT,RS485,DI/DO…
Automated and visualized management of millions of gateways
• Distributed cluster design, on-demand capacity expansion, and management of
Sensors millions of gateways
…
and terminals • Centralized cloud-based management of gateways, containers, applications,
and networks

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Edge Computing and Device-Cloud Synergy Ensure High
Reliability
Uplink: 4G/3G/Ethernet…
Downlink: PLC/RS 485… High real-time performance
and reliability
• Hierarchical decision-making, sub-
second latency
Big Data
Third- • Lower requirements on WAN reliability
party app ... IoT Platform

Container Data aggregation

• Network-wide synergy to solve the
EC-IoT gateway problem of heterogeneous and
scattered data
Network-wide collaboration
• Data filtering, reducing traffic on WANs

Edge computing Cloud computing Data security

• End-to-end security protection
• Industry security software

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EC-IoT Gateways Simplify Industry App Development

EC-IoT gateway Rapid app development

Use the standard Linux programming
Container environment and open APIs, shield complex

3rd 3rd ... 3rd underlying hardware and basic protocols, and
APP1 APP2 APPn focus on service requirements to quickly
develop apps

Huawei System resource isolation

ECOS
Apps are assigned different system resources
Edge computing eSDK (such as CPU and memory) and have their
own virtual interfaces and network addresses,
not affecting each other
DI/DO RS485 RS232 PLC-IoT
…

Security permission isolation

Underlying
Storage Computing Communication
hardware Smart apps do not have the root permission
of the system and communicate with each
other through standard message interfaces

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Huawei PLC-IoT: IP-Based, Intelligent, Open, and Collaborative Smart IoT
Service management
End system
devices

Industry IoT
gateway Service
Power line channel

Device Network Edge computing

management management management
PLC-IoT end module PLC-IoT head module Management
channel Agile Controller

...

IP-based: Intelligent: Open and collaborative:

Smart edge connections Intelligent end devices Secondary development and easy integration
 Huawei PLC-IoT Solution is the first IoT solution that  End devices, with built-in LiteOS, are capable of  Development kit: The solution provides software and
supports IPv6 to enable visualized management of end local computing and processing. hardware development kits for quick commissioning.
device topologies.  End devices support third-party apps such as  Technical support: FAE technical personnel and online
 Multiple applications or containers can share the same protocol conversion apps. forums provide technical support.
PLC channel without affecting one another's services.

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Cloud Management Architecture Enables Unified Management
of Massive Devices
Cloud management
architecture
Device Connection Edge computing
management management management

Application

Network
• IoT gateway interface • Network management, • Container management
management and plug- VPN establishment, and • Remote installation,
and-play address management updating, and deletion of
• Visualization • Traffic monitoring applications

Massive Devices Managed

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Huawei EC-IoT Empowers Power Distribution IoT to Implement
Lean Management of Transformer Districts

Application  Management of millions of modules and devices

layer Cloud master station
 Auto-discovery, auto-registration, and plug-and-
play of intelligent devices
Management
layer
 Domain-based networking, software-based
transformer district identification, and power
Edge computing core outage alarms
card (containing the Huawei
PLC-IoT head module)
Inside
Network Integrated
layer terminal

PLC-IoT end
module
21 types of terminals
Intelligent
Full Full detection of electric equipment,
RS-485 PT100
communication
unit detection environmental measuring equipment,
RS-485
and state monitoring devices

Device
layer Master Reactive Environment Branch leakage Phase-change Distributed PV
protector compensator monitoring protection switch
device circuit breaker

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Huawei EC-IoT Facilitates Comprehensive Energy Services and Implements
"Full Collection" of Electric, Water, and Gas Heating/Cooling Data

Application
layer Energy efficiency Air conditioner New energy Power
management monitoring access distribution O&M  Dual modes: PLC-IoT and RF
 Edge-cloud synergy, on-demand app
Management customization, and hierarchical decision-making
layer
 Unified platform for intelligent interconnection

Network
layer Smart energy use IoT
gateway
Edge computing IoT GW (containing
the PLC-IoT head module)
Full
Energy efficiency
improved by collection
Huawei
of electric, water, and
Inside 20% gas heating/cooling
data

Device
Lightweight PLC-IoT end
layer Electricity Water Gas meter collection module
meter meter
terminal/converter

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Huawei EC-IoT Enables Intelligent Street Lamp Networking to
Reduce Lighting Power Consumption

Application Comprehensive urban street lamp

 Intelligent interconnection with traffic and ambient
layer management system luminance enables intelligent lighting policies.
 Visualized management of a large number of street
lamps empowers proactive maintenance.
Management
layer  Power lines are used for data communications,
without needing to route or install dedicated network
cables.

Network
layer Edge computing IoT GW
Street lamp control (containing the PLC-IoT
gateway head module)
O&M costs
Energy saved by
reduced by
Huawei
Inside 50% 90%
Device ...
layer PLC-IoT end
module
Power line

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EC-IoT Product Portfolio

Agile Controller Edge Computing Card

 Integration of communications and
 Unified cloud management for massive measurement
devices and flexible capacity expansion  Support open container loading power
industry app
 Standard open architecture, fast industry Hi-Grid T1 AR-CORE-220E  FAE E2E support
integration
 Industry-specific IoT components, adapting to
different industry scenarios IP-based PLC-IoT Module

EC-IoT Gateway IP-based PLC-IoT IP-based PLC-IoT IP-based PLC-IoT

head module end module mini module

 Supports uplink LTE and GE network interfaces

 Supports downlink PLC, RS485 and DI/DO interfaces
• Head module: used with AR series IoT gateways or edge computing core cards
AR502H series
 Supports edge computing and local real-time data • End module: integrated into industrial terminals to transmit data over existing power
processing lines
Network communication is achieved over power lines, eliminating the need to route
cables while also ensuring high reliability

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EC-IoT: Building a Win-Win Cooperation Ecosystem Through
"Being Integrated" Mode
Work with partners to serve
Industry customer
industry customers

E2E industry solution • Platform-based software and

hardware and unified interface
standards, improving device quality,
Service integrator (SI) adapting to multiple scenarios, and
implementing interconnection and
unified management of devices
Service
Terminal product • IoT gateways employ edge
application
software computing and container
technologies, enabling fast app
Independent Independent development and deployment and
hardware vendor software vendor adapting to ever-changing service
(IHV) (ISV)
requirements
• Intelligent management of massive
devices, plug-and-play, automatic
Being integrated: Being integrated: Being integrated: deployment, and efficient O&M,
PLC-IoT module EC-IoT gateway Agile Controller accelerating digital transformation of
EC-IoT card industry customers

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 FAE: Two-Level Response Mechanism and Numerous
Support Services
Two-level response mechanism
Level-1 entrance Level-2 entrance

R&D FAE team:

1. Requirement 24-7
Public entrance: developer community* communication and
1. Product documentation confirmation
2. Secondary development guide 2. Secondary
Customer/Partner
3. Development tools (compilation environments, etc.) development guide
4. Forum: communication and Q&A 3. Onsite joint
commissioning support
4. Remote demonstration
Expert support
for assurance

Numerous
support services
Technical Requirement Scenario-based Technical Scenario- App
Documents Training
communication clarification demos interconnection based test authorization

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