Communication Challenges and Solutions in the Smart Grid

✍ Scribed by Fayҫal Bouhafs, Michael Mackay, Madjid Merabti (auth.)

Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
Year: 2014
Tongue: English
Leaves: 99
Series: SpringerBriefs in Computer Science
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This SpringerBrief discusses the rise of the smart grid from the perspective of computing and communications. It explains how current and next-generation network technology and methodologies help recognize the potential that the smart grid initiative promises. Chapters provide context on the smart grid before exploring specific challenges related to communication control and energy management. Topics include control in heterogeneous power supply, solutions for backhaul and wide area networks, home energy management systems, and technologies for smart energy management systems. Designed for researchers and professionals working on the smart grid, Communication Challenges and Solutions in the Smart Grid offers context and applications for the common issues of this developing technology. Advanced-level students interested in networking and communications engineering will also find the brief valuable.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Overview of the Smart Grid....Pages 1-12
Communication for Control in Heterogeneous Power Supply....Pages 13-23
The Smart Grid in the Last Mile....Pages 25-35
Communication Solutions for Backhaul and Wide Area Networks....Pages 37-51
Home Energy Management Systems....Pages 53-67
Communication Technologies for Smart Energy Management Systems....Pages 69-81
Towards a Unified Smart Grid ICT Infrastructure....Pages 83-95

✦ Subjects

Computer Communication Networks; Communications Engineering, Networks; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet); Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks

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