6LoPLC for smart grid applications

Author

Ikpehai, Augustine ; Adebisi, Bamidele

Author_Institution

Sch. of Eng., Manchester Metropolitan Univ., Manchester, UK

fYear

2015

fDate

March 29 2015-April 1 2015

Firstpage

211

Lastpage

215

Abstract

Reliable monitoring, intelligence and control achieved through Information and Communication Technology (ICT) will determine the success of next generation power grid. This paper proposes a Low Power transmission of Internet Protocol version 6 in PLC (6LoPLC) to provide network reliability with acceptable latency in Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI). The analysis presented here are preliminary results from an ongoing research that attempts to leverage existing wireless techniques to achieve energy efficiency in PLC. A model was developed using NS-3 to measure and analyze the performance of low-power Narrow Band PLC (NBPLC) in AMI services. Simulation results obtained so far are quite promising.

Keywords

IP networks; carrier transmission on power lines; metering; power engineering computing; power system measurement; smart power grids; telemetry; 6LoPLC; Internet protocol version 6; advanced metering infrastructure; low power narrow band PLC; low power transmission; power line communication; smart grid applications; telecommunication network reliability; Delays; Payloads; Servers; Smart grids; Smart meters; Throughput; Wireless communication; 6LoPLC; 6LoWPAN; AMI; HAN; LLN; Low-Power Power Line Commnication; NAN; Narrow Band PLC; Packet Fragmentation; Smart Grid; Smart Metering; ZigBee;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Line Communications and its Applications (ISPLC), 2015 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Austin, TX

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISPLC.2015.7147616

Filename

7147616