DocumentCode :
656756
Title :
Efficient PMU networking with software defined networks
Author :
Goodney, Andrew ; Kumar, Sudhakar ; Ravi, Adit ; Cho, Young H.
Author_Institution :
Inf. Sci. Inst., Univ. of Southern California, Marina Del Rey, CA, USA
fYear :
2013
fDate :
21-24 Oct. 2013
Firstpage :
378
Lastpage :
383
Abstract :
An important goal for the smart grid is to give power grid operators like utilities a global view of the health of the power grid. As the smart grid is built-out, the size and complexity of the required communications network is increasing. In this paper we propose using software defined networks (SDN) for the smart grid, as SDN allow for a flexibly defined network (through programmability) along with superior performance and implementations based on industry standards. To demonstrate that SDN can be used as the underlying technology for power grid networking we have implemented a multi-rate, multicast network for phasor measurement unit (PMU) data. We compare the SDN solution to the conventional approach as well as two other advanced PMU networking methods, IP Multicast and GridStat and show that our method achieves lower latency and optimal network utilization.
Keywords :
multicast communication; phasor measurement; smart power grids; software radio; GridStat; IP Multicast; PMU networking; SDN; communications network; flexibly defined network; industry standards; multicast network; multirate network; optimal network utilization; phasor measurement unit; power grid networking; power grid operators; programmability; smart grid; software defined networks; Hardware; IP networks; Phasor measurement units; Ports (Computers); Smart grids; Software;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm), 2013 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/SmartGridComm.2013.6687987
Filename :
6687987
Link To Document :
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