PAC World 2025

Glasgow - GLASGOW, United Kingdom

Join Nokia at PAC World 2025 in Glasgow as we share how we’re reshaping the future of protection, automation and control (PAC) systems to support digital substations and next-generation grid resiliency.
Our experts will present two thought-leading papers on the role of secure IP/MPLS networking, private wireless, and virtualization in modern grid protection schemes.

Evolution to Centralized Protection and Control
Presented by: Dominique Verhulst, Nokia & Peter Hemmer, Grid to Great
Paper #1398 – SC B5 | PS2: Technologies supporting the power grid for energy transition
Discover how IEC 61850 and virtualization are driving the evolution of PAC from hardware-bound IEDs to software-defined, interoperable systems. The paper presents validation testing of centralized protection using Sampled Values, PTP time synchronization over IP/MPLS, and virtual PAC functions running across a WAN — paving the way toward vendor-agnostic, scalable digital substations.

FLISR and IEC 61850 GOOSE Communications Over an LTE Network Using QoS and IP/MPLS: Meeting Latency Requirements for Protection in the Electrical Distribution Gridl
Presented by: Mauricio Subieta
This paper shows how utilities can achieve sub-50ms protection signaling for FLISR using IEC 61850 GOOSE over private LTE. By combining IP/MPLS VPLS and QoS, it delivers reliable, low-latency performance across converged field and wide-area networks — enabling fast, secure distribution automation.

Stop by our booth to explore how Nokia’s end-to-end networking solutions are enabling the digitalization of substations and distribution grids across the globe.