Smart grid applications for a practical implementation of IP over narrowband power line communications

Noelia Uribe-Pérez; Itziar Angulo; David De La Vega; Txetxu Arzuaga; Igor Fernández; Amaia Arrinda

doi:10.3390/en10111782

Smart grid applications for a practical implementation of IP over narrowband power line communications

Noelia Uribe-Pérez
, Itziar Angulo
, David De La Vega^*
, Txetxu Arzuaga
, Igor Fernández
, Amaia Arrinda

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Currently, Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) systems have equipped the low voltage section with a communication system that is being used mainly for metering purposes, but it can be further employed for additional applications related to the Smart Grid (SG) concept. This paper explores the potential applications beyond metering of the available channel in a Power Line Communication-based AMI system. To that end, IP has been implemented over Narrow Band-Power Line Communication (NB-PLC) in a real microgrid, which includes an AMI system. A thorough review of potential applications for the SG that might be implemented for this representative case is included in order to provide a realistic analysis of the potentiality of NB-PLC beyond smart metering. The results demonstrate that existing AMI systems based on NB-PLC have the capacity to implement additional applications such as remote commands or status signals, which entails an added value for deployed AMI systems.

Original language	English
Article number	1782
Journal	Energies
Volume	10
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/en10111782
Publication status	Published - 2017
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Internet protocol
Narrowband power line communications
Smart Grid communications
Smart grid applications

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