Packet-oriented communication protocols for Smart Grid Services over low-speed PLC

Author

Bauer, Michael ; Plappert, Wolfgang ; Wang, Chong ; Dostert, Klaus

Author_Institution

Inst. of Ind. Inf. Technol., Univ. Karlsruhe (TH), Karlsruhe

fYear

2009

fDate

March 29 2009-April 1 2009

Firstpage

89

Lastpage

94

Abstract

Advanced metering infrastructures require reliable communication links. This paper proposes a protocol stack for smart metering based on the parameters of a robust low-speed PLC physical layer. The protocol stack under consideration implements IPv6 on top of a contention-free media access control sub-layer, thereby allowing for maximum flexibility. Simulation results show that this protocol stack allows data transfers at acceptable latencies, despite low data rates at the physical layer.

Keywords

IP networks; access protocols; automatic meter reading; carrier transmission on power lines; electrical engineering computing; metering; IPv6; advanced metering infrastructures; communication link reliability; contention-free media access control sublayer; low data rates; low-speed PLC; packet-oriented communication protocols; physical layer; power line communication; smart grid services; Access protocols; Automatic meter reading; Master-slave; Media Access Protocol; OFDM modulation; Physical layer; Power line communications; Programmable control; Robustness; Smart grids; IPv6; power line communication; protocols; smart metering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Line Communications and Its Applications, 2009. ISPLC 2009. IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Dresden

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3790-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3792-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISPLC.2009.4913410

Filename

4913410