Title :
Experimental performance characterization of a meshed network for the Smart Grid
Author :
della Giustina, Davide ; Andersson, Lars ; Iglesias, Guillermo J. Ravera
Author_Institution :
A2A Reti Elettriche SpA, Brescia, Italy
Abstract :
Telecommunication is a prerequisite for the Smart Grid. Several technologies are available on the market, but there is not a general agreement about which of them, or combination of them, that can enable most of the services for the distribution grid automation. The paper describes the approach of 7th Framework Program European Project INTEGRIS which relies on the hypothesis that there is not a single technology with an optimal trade-off between cost of investment and performances for all use cases and topologies of a distribution grid. It rather suggests to mesh several technologies (with focus on the Broadband Power Line, the Wi-Fi and the Fiber Optics) to cover all the segment of the distribution grid. This concept has been experimentally validated in two field demonstrators in Italy and in Spain. This paper presents the results of tests on the latency and the throughput.
Keywords :
power markets; smart power grids; market; meshed network; performance characterization; single technology; smart grid; Hafnium; IEEE 802.11 Standards; Power line communications; Protocols; Smart grids; Substations; Throughput; Smart grids; broadband power line communication; medium voltage grid; networking for the smart grid; real-time communication;
Conference_Titel :
Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe (ISGT EUROPE), 2013 4th IEEE/PES
Conference_Location :
Lyngby
DOI :
10.1109/ISGTEurope.2013.6695415