A Comparison of Low Power Wireless Technologies for SmartGrid Networks

SmartGrid networks provides monitoring, management and control to the assets that are part of the electrical system. They can be implemented using various types of communication technologies, both wired and wireless. Data can be transmitted over a wired connection, cellular, short- range WPAN, and long-range LPWAN. These technologies use different frequency spectrum, data rates, power consumption, latency, modulation, bandwidth, and physical layers. This variety of differences enables the coexistence of those technologies on the same system, thus building a robust, complementary and flexible solution.