A comprehensive WSN-based approach to efficiently manage a smart grid

Ruben Martinez-Sandoval, Antonio Javier Garcia-Sanchez*, Felipe Garcia-Sanchez, Joan Garcia-Haro, David Flynn

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Abstract

The Smart Grid (SG) is conceived as the evolution of the current electrical grid representing a big leap in terms of efficiency, reliability and flexibility compared to today’s electrical network. To achieve this goal, the Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are considered by the scientific/engineering community to be one of the most suitable technologies to apply SG technology to due to their low-cost, collaborative and long-standing nature. However, the SG has posed significant challenges to utility operators—mainly very harsh radio propagation conditions and the lack of appropriate systems to empower WSN devices—making most of the commercial widespread solutions inadequate. In this context, and as a main contribution, we have designed a comprehensive ad-hoc WSN-based solution for the Smart Grid (SENSED-SG) that focuses on specific implementations of the MAC, the network and the application layers to attain maximum performance and to successfully deal with any arising hurdles. Our approach has been exhaustively evaluated by computer simulations and mathematical analysis, as well as validation within real test-beds deployed in controlled environments. In particular, these test-beds cover two of the main scenarios found in a SG; on one hand, an indoor electrical substation environment, implemented in a High Voltage AC/DC laboratory, and, on the other hand, an outdoor case, deployed in the

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)18748-18783
Number of pages36
JournalSensors
Volume14
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Oct 2014

Keywords

  • IEEE 802.15.4
  • MicaZ
  • Power asset
  • Smart grid
  • Wireless sensor network

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Biochemistry

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