Coverage Enhancement of Smart Grid Communication Systems with Binary Coding

This is predicted by the researchers that smart grid will replace the traditional electric power grid within next decade. This can be used to enhance efficiency, sensing and metering technologies. A pervasive communication infrastructure is a part and parcel for the flawless development of smart grid. One of the main issues for the deployment of the communication system for smart devices in a smart grid communication system is the high data rate and the service coverage. Binary coding has already been a proven technique to extend the cellular communication coverage by recovering lost native packets. In order to enhance the coverage area in smart grid communication systems, we propose a cellular infrastructure with binary coding. We also explain the suitability of using the binary codebook in smart grid communication and how it can upgrade the system performance. Simulation results show that using binary coding we can serve more users which results in increase in the coverage area of the smart grid communication system.