Title :
Communication overlays and agents for dependable smart power grids
Author :
Deconinck, Geert ; Labeeuw, Wouter ; Vandael, Stijn ; Beitollahi, Hakem ; De Craemer, Klaas ; Duan, Rui ; Qui, Zhifeng ; Ramaswamy, Parvathy Chittur ; Meerssche, Bert Vande ; Vervenne, Isabelle ; Belmans, Ronnie
Author_Institution :
ESAT, K.U.Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Abstract :
Smart grids rely on a dependable information infrastructure for the monitoring and control applications. Two elements can enhance the suitability of the communication and control infrastructure for such smart grid applications. Overlay networks allow to resiliently deal with nodes that appear and disappear, as well as with the dynamic nature of the power values these nodes represent in a smart grid. Agents-based modelling allows to simulate the smart grid applications in a scalable and flexible way before deployment. The paper discusses how both approaches can be combined for simulating a more dependable smart grid.
Keywords :
carrier transmission on power lines; multi-agent systems; smart power grids; agents-based modelling; communication agents; communication infrastructure; communication overlays; control applications; control infrastructure; dependable information infrastructure; dependable smart power grids; dynamic nature; monitoring applications; overlay networks; power values; smart grid applications; Electricity; Generators; Multiagent systems; Optimization; Peer to peer computing; Semantics; Smart grids; intelligent grid; multi-agent system; overlay networks; power systems; smart grid;
Conference_Titel :
Critical Infrastructure (CRIS), 2010 5th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8080-7
DOI :
10.1109/CRIS.2010.5617536
