A Modular and Flexible Network Architecture for Smart Grids

Stefano Tennina (1) , D Xenakis , M. Boschi , Marco Di Renzo (2) , Fabio Graziosi (3) , Christos Verikoukis (4)

1 University of Porto
2 L2S - Laboratoire des signaux et systèmes
3 DIEI - Department of Electrical and Information Engineering
4 CTTC - Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya = Telecommunications Technological Centre of Catalonia

The nowadays power grid deployed and used in every Country worldwide has served relatively well in providing a seamless unidirectional power supply of electricity. Nevertheless, today a new set of challenges is arising, such as the depletion of primary energy resources, the diversification of energy generation and the climate change. This paper proposes recent advancements in this field by introducing SMART-NRG, a Marie Curie project which involves academic and industrial partners from three EU Countries. The project aims to propose new technologies to meet the specific requirements of smart grids applications. In particular, in this paper, a modular and flexible system architecture is presented to face with the challenges imposed by the different application scenarios.

Domaines: Traitement du signal et de l'image [eess.SP]; Réseaux et télécommunications [cs.NI]

Stefano Tennina, D Xenakis, M. Boschi, Marco Di Renzo, Fabio Graziosi, et al.. A Modular and Flexible Network Architecture for Smart Grids. Ad-hoc, Mobile, and Wireless Networks, pp.273-287, 2015, ⟨10.1007/978-3-319-19662-6_19⟩. ⟨hal-01270469⟩