Communication Technologies for Smart Grid: A Comprehensive Survey
With the ongoing trends in the energy sector such as vehicular electrification and renewable energy, the Smart Grid (SG) is clearly playing a more and more important role in the electric power system industry. One essential feature of the SG is the information flow over high-speed, reliable, and sec...
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| description | With the ongoing trends in the energy sector such as vehicular electrification and renewable energy, the Smart Grid (SG) is clearly playing a more and more important role in the electric power system industry. One essential feature of the SG is the information flow over high-speed, reliable, and secure data communication networks in order to manage the complex power systems effectively and intelligently. SGs utilize bidirectional communication to function whereas traditional power grids mainly only use one-way communication. The communication requirements and suitable techniques differ depending on the specific environment and scenario. In this paper, we provide a comprehensive and up-to-date survey on the communication technologies used in the SG, including the communication requirements, physical layer technologies, network architectures, and research challenges. This survey aims to help the readers identify the potential research problems in the continued research on the topic of SG communications. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-18be502d6dfa439f8166da0ba9eb1b932023-11-23T03:03:48ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202021-12-012123808710.3390/s21238087Communication Technologies for Smart Grid: A Comprehensive SurveyFredrik Ege Abrahamsen0Yun Ai1Michael Cheffena2Department of Electronic Systems, Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, NTNU–Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2815 Gjøvik, NorwayDepartment of Manufacturing and Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, NTNU–Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2815 Gjøvik, NorwayDepartment of Manufacturing and Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, NTNU–Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2815 Gjøvik, NorwayWith the ongoing trends in the energy sector such as vehicular electrification and renewable energy, the Smart Grid (SG) is clearly playing a more and more important role in the electric power system industry. One essential feature of the SG is the information flow over high-speed, reliable, and secure data communication networks in order to manage the complex power systems effectively and intelligently. SGs utilize bidirectional communication to function whereas traditional power grids mainly only use one-way communication. The communication requirements and suitable techniques differ depending on the specific environment and scenario. In this paper, we provide a comprehensive and up-to-date survey on the communication technologies used in the SG, including the communication requirements, physical layer technologies, network architectures, and research challenges. This survey aims to help the readers identify the potential research problems in the continued research on the topic of SG communications.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/23/8087reviewsurveysmart gridsmart grid technologiessmart grid communicationwireless communications |
| spellingShingle | Fredrik Ege Abrahamsen Yun Ai Michael Cheffena Communication Technologies for Smart Grid: A Comprehensive Survey Sensors review survey smart grid smart grid technologies smart grid communication wireless communications |
| title | Communication Technologies for Smart Grid: A Comprehensive Survey |
| title_full | Communication Technologies for Smart Grid: A Comprehensive Survey |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Communication Technologies for Smart Grid: A Comprehensive Survey |
| title_short | Communication Technologies for Smart Grid: A Comprehensive Survey |
| title_sort | communication technologies for smart grid a comprehensive survey |
| topic | review survey smart grid smart grid technologies smart grid communication wireless communications |
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