Title :
Frequency band for HAN and NAN communication in Smart Grid
Author :
Parvez, Imtiaz ; Sundararajan, Aditya ; Sarwat, Arif I.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Florida Int. Univ., Miami, FL, USA
Abstract :
Smart Grid metering and control applications require fast and secured two-way communication. IEEE 802.15.4 based ZigBee is one of the leading communication protocols for Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI). In North America, ZigBee supports two distinguished frequency bands - 915 MHz and 2.4 GHz. In Home Area Network (HAN) of AMI, home appliances communicate with smart meters whereas the communication among neighboring meters is termed as Neighborhood Area Network (NAN). In this study, optimum frequency bands for NAN and HAN communication have been proposed based on the throughput, reliability and scalability. We evaluated and compared the performance of bands 868/915 MHz and 2.4 GHz for AMI context. The solution also meets the requirements for Smart Grid communication standards as recommended by the US Department of Energy (DOE).
Keywords :
Zigbee; home networks; metering; power system measurement; protocols; smart meters; smart power grids; AMI; HAN communication; IEEE 802.15.4 based ZigBee; NAN communication; advanced metering infrastructure; communication protocols; frequency 868 MHz; frequency 915 MHz to 2.4 GHz; home area network; neighborhood area network; neighboring meters; optimum frequency bands; secured two-way communication; smart grid communication standards; smart grid metering; IEEE 802.15 Standards; Markov processes; Multiaccess communication; Propagation losses; Smart grids; Smart meters; Zigbee; AMI; HAN; IEEE802.15.4; NAN; Smart Grid communication; ZigBee;
Conference_Titel :
Computational Intelligence Applications in Smart Grid (CIASG), 2014 IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
DOI :
10.1109/CIASG.2014.7011571
