1. A new PLC-based smart metering architecture for medium/low voltage grids: Feasibility and experimental characterization
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Valentina Cosentino, Giovanni Tine, Antonio Cataliotti, Dario Di Cara, Nicola Panzavecchia, Riccardo Fiorelli, Salvatore Guaiana, Giovanni Artale, Artale, Giovanni, Cataliotti, Antonio, Cosentino, Valentina, Di Cara, Dario, Fiorelli, Riccardo, Guaiana, Salvatore, Panzavecchia, Nicola, and Tinè, Giovanni
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Computer science ,020209 energy ,Smart grid ,02 engineering and technology ,Power line communication ,Reliability (semiconductor) ,Automatic Meter Reading ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Electronic engineering ,Wireless ,Metering mode ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,Instrumentation ,Distributed measurement systems ,business.industry ,Applied Mathematics ,020208 electrical & electronic engineering ,Smart grids ,Power systems communication ,Condensed Matter Physics ,Distributed measurement system ,Power-line communication ,Smart metering ,business ,Settore ING-INF/07 - Misure Elettriche E Elettroniche ,Low voltage ,Automatic meter reading ,Voltage - Abstract
This paper investigates the feasibility of a smart metering architecture for modern power grids in the smart cities framework. A particular focus is made on Automatic Meter Reading, with the aim of facing some costs and safety drawbacks of current solutions (such as dependence from wireless communication providers, reliability problems in bad weather conditions, and exposition to cyber-attacks). The proposed architecture exploits power line communications (PLC) at both low and medium voltage level, thanks to new devices and an innovative medium voltage PLC coupling system. The new coupling solution and the whole smart metering architecture are experimentally verified in a wide frequency range, from CENELEC A band up to 200 kHz, by using different modulation techniques; the on-field measurement campaign has been carried out on the distribution network of Favignana Island (Mediterranean Sea). Success rate and RTT measured in real environment confirm the feasibility of the proposed solution.
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- 2018
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