Title :
On the Usage of WiFi and LTE for the Smart Grid
Author :
Granelli, Fabrizio ; Domeniconi, Davide ; da Fonseca, Nelson L. S. ; Tsetsgee, Bayasgalan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of Trento, Trento, Italy
Abstract :
Evolving the power grid towards the next generation is paving the way for the Smart Grid, characterized by bidirectional flows for energy and information. This paper provides a numerical analysis on the usage of two wireless access technologies (namely WiFi and LTE) to support metering and monitoring services for the Smart Home environment.
Keywords :
Long Term Evolution; smart power grids; wireless LAN; LTE; WiFi; metering services; monitoring services; numerical analysis; power grid; smart grid; smart home environment; wireless access technologies; IEEE 802.11 Standards; Mobile communication; Monitoring; Smart grids; Smart homes; Wireless communication; smart grid; smart home; wireless networks;
Conference_Titel :
Ubi-Media Computing and Workshops (UMEDIA), 2014 7th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Ulaanbaatar
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-4267-1
DOI :
10.1109/U-MEDIA.2014.49
