Wireless Link-Quality Estimation in Smart Grid Environments
Joint Authors
Gungor, V. Cagri
Korkmaz, M. K.
Source
International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-02-26
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Electronic engineering
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
Recently, wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have gained great attention from the research community for various smart grid applications, including advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), power outage detection, distribution automation, towers and poles monitoring, line fault diagnostics, power fraud detection, and underground cable system monitoring.
However, multipath, fading, environmental noise, and obstructions in harsh smart grid environments make reliable communication a challenging task for wireless-sensor-network- (WSN-) based smart grid applications.
To overcome varying link conditions in smart grid environments, sensor nodes must be capable of estimating link quality dynamically and reliably.
In this paper, the performance of the state-of-the-art link-quality estimation methods is investigated for different smart power grid environments, such as outdoor substation, underground network transformer vault, and main power control room, in terms of packet delivery ratio, average number of packet retransmissions, average number of parent changes, average number of hops, and average communication delay.
In addition, main smart grid characteristics and potential applications of WSNs in smart grid have been introduced along with the related technical challenges.
Overall, our performance evaluations show that the link-quality estimators, called Expected Transmission Count (ETX) and four-bit, show the best performance in harsh smart grid environments.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Gungor, V. Cagri& Korkmaz, M. K.. 2012. Wireless Link-Quality Estimation in Smart Grid Environments. International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-10.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Gungor, V. Cagri& Korkmaz, M. K.. Wireless Link-Quality Estimation in Smart Grid Environments. International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-455077
American Medical Association (AMA)
Gungor, V. Cagri& Korkmaz, M. K.. Wireless Link-Quality Estimation in Smart Grid Environments. International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-455077
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-455077