{"title":"Minimizing aggregation latency under the physical interference model in Wireless Sensor Networks","authors":"Baobing Wang, J. Baras","doi":"10.1109/SmartGridComm.2012.6485953","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SmartGridComm.2012.6485953","url":null,"abstract":"Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have been widely recognized as a promising technology that can enhance various aspects of today's electric power systems, making them a vital component of the smart grid. Efficient aggregation of data collected by sensors is crucial for a successful WSN-based smart grid application. Existing works on the Minimum Latency Aggregation Scheduling (MLAS) problem in WSNs usually adopt the protocol interference model, which is a tremendous simplification of the physical reality faced in wireless networks. In contrast, the more realistic physical interference model has been proved to have the potential to increase the network capacity. In this paper, we propose a distributed algorithm to minimize the data aggregation latency under the physical interference model, which jointly considers routing, power assignment and transmission scheduling. We theoretically prove that our algorithm solves the MLAS problem correctly and the latency is bounded by √ 3(K + 1)2(Δ + log √2/K+1) + 6K2 + 4K + 2, where K is a model-specific 2 constant and Δ is the logarithm of the ratio between the lengths of the longest and shortest links in the network. Simulation results demonstrate that our algorithm can significantly reduce the aggregation latency compared to other schemes under the physical interference model. In networks where n nodes are uniformly distributed, our algorithm achieves an average latency between O(log3 n) and O(log4 n). We also discuss how to improve the energy efficiency through load-balancing techniques.","PeriodicalId":143915,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE Third International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116761025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hong Liu, Kai Yu, Shi Chen, Chao Yun, Haifeng Wang, Z. Bu
{"title":"Pre-scheduling and sub-band hopping in smart grid","authors":"Hong Liu, Kai Yu, Shi Chen, Chao Yun, Haifeng Wang, Z. Bu","doi":"10.1109/SmartGridComm.2012.6486068","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SmartGridComm.2012.6486068","url":null,"abstract":"There are large number of UEs (User Equipment) in the wireless communication networks for power distribution in smart grid with external interference. Based on cluster and sub-band hopping, a fast scheduling mechanism is proposed in this paper. All UEs in the cluster are assigned to the RBs (Resource Block) with fixed relative position in the sub-band, and their working channels are switched according to their re-scheduled cluster sub-band. A further enhanced proposal is also designed which assigned the sub-band with the help of adjacent cluster heads to avoid the problem of undetected external interference. The simulation results show that the proposed interference avoiding scheme dramatically reducing the cost of signaling overhead and the enhanced proposal can further improve the system performance.","PeriodicalId":143915,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE Third International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115246619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analysis of privacy-enhancing protocols based on anonymity networks","authors":"Fábio Borges, L. Martucci, M. Mühlhäuser","doi":"10.1109/SmartGridComm.2012.6486013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SmartGridComm.2012.6486013","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we analyze privacy-enhancing protocols for Smart Grids that are based on anonymity networks. The underlying idea behind such protocols is attributing two distinct partial identities for each consumer. One is used to send real-time information about the power consumption, and the other for transmitting the billing information. Such protocols provide sender-anonymity for the real-time information, while consolidated data is sent for billing. In this work, the privacy properties of such protocols are analyzed, and their computational efficiency is evaluated and compared using simulation to other solutions based on homomorphic encryption.","PeriodicalId":143915,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE Third International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128893543","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Smart Grid communication using next generation heterogeneous wireless networks","authors":"R. Amin, Jim Martin, Xuehai Zhou","doi":"10.1109/SmartGridComm.2012.6485988","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SmartGridComm.2012.6485988","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we present a Smart Grid Home Area Network communication infrastructure solution that is based on future next generation heterogeneous wireless systems. The heterogeneous wireless system is composed of several Radio Access Technologies (RATs) available at consumer premises. The smart devices that use Smart Grid applications are assumed to have reconfigurable radios. A centralized Global Resource Controller (GRC) instructs the smart devices to use a particular RAT at any given time. The device-to-RAT association is made by the GRC using a two-step scheduling algorithm that accounts for the requirements of both best-effort and real-time Smart Grid traffic. To make the solution scalable, the approach utilizes Dynamic Spectrum Access methods to obtain additional open spectrum. We show up to 80% increase in real-time traffic support and 726% increase in best-effort traffic support in our proposed heterogeneous wireless system that uses reconfigurable radios, compared to the homogeneous wireless networks used today by smart devices with static radios.","PeriodicalId":143915,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE Third International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116675805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A PLC frequency model of 3 phase power distribution transformers","authors":"C. Kikkert","doi":"10.1109/SmartGridComm.2012.6485984","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SmartGridComm.2012.6485984","url":null,"abstract":"A model of a 200 kVA, 240 V to 11 kV, 3 phase power distribution transformer is presented. 1000 impedance measurements, covering a frequency range of 50Hz to 5 MHz were made on each of 23 terminal combinations for this unenergized transformer. The model consists of 21 circuit elements per phase plus 2 circuit elements for neutral to transformer case coupling. That model is then optimized to minimize the differences between the model and the measurements, resulting in an accurate wide frequency range model. This model can then be used for SmartGrid PLC system design, to ensure that PLC coupling networks work well with the transformers and that all PLC modems on the network can effectively communicate to the control system.","PeriodicalId":143915,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE Third International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116702337","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Sendin, I. Berganza, A. Arzuaga, A. Pulkkinen, I. Kim
{"title":"Performance results from 100,000+ PRIME smart meters deployment in Spain","authors":"A. Sendin, I. Berganza, A. Arzuaga, A. Pulkkinen, I. Kim","doi":"10.1109/SmartGridComm.2012.6485974","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SmartGridComm.2012.6485974","url":null,"abstract":"PRIME (PoweRline Intelligent Metering Evolution) is a narrowband Power Line Communications (PLC) technology targeted for use in smart metering applications. It is standardized as part of international Recommendations ITU-T G.9955 and G.9956, and there are currently a number of deployments by utilities in different markets which use it for a cost-effective, technically proven solution. This paper is a continuation of two previous ones presented in the first and second SmartGridComm Conferences, in which PRIME background and status were discussed, including interoperability tests and first results in multi-vendor deployments. This final article describes the network architecture which has been thoroughly tested and is currently being used by Iberdrola for its Smart Grid deployment, PRIME network deployment selections, a proposed classification for secondary substations based on experience, and finally the tools which are being used for analysis and acceptance tests, along with performance results.","PeriodicalId":143915,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE Third International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126532610","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Utilities need much better functional safeguards - In a digital intelligence smart grid","authors":"Amy Poh Ai Ling, K. Sugihara, M. Mukaidono","doi":"10.1109/SmartGridComm.2012.6486065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SmartGridComm.2012.6486065","url":null,"abstract":"A smart grid project necessitates consumer's affirmation to function, which indirectly requires their trust. This study takes account on consumer's consensus via questionnaire survey. First, importance of information security systems in the smart grid is abstracted. Then characters of functional requirements are identified, analyzed and discussed. Based on the proposed model, the identified information security requirements of smart grid are studied and summarized. From the descriptive ranking, consumer is longing of feeling secure while adopting the comprehensive and multilayered of the great smart grid. From the simple lattice ordering result, rule base social system category has the most powerful impact on consumer trust and satisfaction. But in the interlinking, there lays philosophy. This study advanced smart grid information security functionality by developing an innovative set of functional requirements target to enhance next-generation technologies and tools in the areas of transmission, distribution, energy storage, power electronics and cyber security. The smart grid that consumer perceived is user friendly, sense of security and; easy to understand and operate.","PeriodicalId":143915,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE Third International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122301165","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optimal contract design for ancillary services in vehicle-to-grid networks","authors":"Yang Gao, Yan Chen, Chih-Yu Wang, K. Liu","doi":"10.1109/SmartGridComm.2012.6485963","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SmartGridComm.2012.6485963","url":null,"abstract":"With the foreseeable large scale deployment of electric vehicles (EVs) and the development of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technologies, it is possible to provide ancillary services to the power grid in a cost efficient way, i.e., through the bidirectional power flow of EVs. A key issue in such kind of schemes is how to stimulate a large number of EVs to act coordinately to achieve the service request. This is challenging since EVs are self-interested and generally have different preferences toward charging and discharging based on their own constraints. In this paper, we propose a contract-based mechanism to tackle this challenge. Through the design of an optimal contract, the aggregator can provide incentives for EVs to participate in ancillary services to power grid, match the aggregated energy rate with the service request and maximize its own utility. Simulation results are shown to verify the effectiveness of the proposed contract-based mechanism.","PeriodicalId":143915,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE Third International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127263877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Feasibility of power packet dispatching at in-home DC distribution network","authors":"Keiji Tashiro, R. Takahashi, T. Hikihara","doi":"10.1109/SmartGridComm.2012.6486017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SmartGridComm.2012.6486017","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines the feasibility of power packet dispatching method at in-home dc power distribution network. The conventional power network is still kept as a style of 19th century. The power sources and load apparatuses are tightly connected in the network. However, the loads have already changed from continuous to switching loads. Therefore, the distribution network has a potential to change the style from analog to digital nowadays. In this paper, according to the previous proposition of power packet distribution, the physical layer is experimentally confirmed based on the high frequency power switching technologies.","PeriodicalId":143915,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE Third International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134140340","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stochastic geometric analysis of black hole attack on smart grid communication networks","authors":"Syed Ali Raza Zaidi, M. Ghogho","doi":"10.1109/SmartGridComm.2012.6486071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SmartGridComm.2012.6486071","url":null,"abstract":"In this article, we develop a stochastic geometric framework for the performance analysis of a large scale smart grid communication network. Our proposed model caters for both topological and channel dynamics. More specifically, we consider a smart grid communication network where an arbitrary smart meter communicates with the metering head-end in a multi-hop manner. Spatial configuration of data aggregation points, which act as relays for the smart meter transmission, is captured using a homogeneous Poisson point process. Optimization of coverage by adaptation of a device level parameter such as transmit power and/or a network level parameter such as aggregation point density is also briefly discussed. The proposed framework is employed to quantify the performance degradation encountered in the presence of malicious black hole attackers. It is shown that the performance degradation can be measured in terms of “welfare loss” or equivalently in terms of outage probability difference. The cross layer approach adapted in this paper demonstrates that the end-to-end outage probability in the presence of attackers can be minimized by adapting the desired signal to noise ratio threshold or equivalently the transmission rate.","PeriodicalId":143915,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE Third International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133191539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}