Suitability Evaluation ofLTE-based Wireless Private Network for Power Communication Business in Smart Grid

Abstract

This paper presents a suitability evaluation approach to assess whether the LTE-based wireless private network satisfies the communication needs of smart grid applications. This approach can obtain different evaluation indexes including reliability, delay and throughput when the business attributes are used as the initial inputs by analyzing the MAC and PHY layer models and coverage characteristics. Then combined with the business analysis model, the applicability of wireless private network can be evaluated according to different power business needs. In order to verify the use of the proposed evaluation method, a simulation analysis of the suitability of the LTE 1.8GHz wireless private network is conducted for the businesses of power distribution and utilization.