Assessment of the Suitability of NB-IoT Technology for ORM in Smart Grids
conference paper
In this paper, we assess the suitability of NB-IoT (Narrowband Internet of Things) cellular technology for smart grid applications, concentrating on the reliable and timely delivery of Outage Restoration & Management (ORM) messages at the event of a local or regional power outage. Using system-level simulations modelling of both the cellular NB-IoT and the energy distribution networks for different environments, we present an extensive sensitivity analysis of the ORM service performance w.r.t. various radio network configurations. In particular, we propose and analyze different packet schedulers, an essential mechanism in optimizing the service performance. A key outcome of the study is the conclusion that indeed NB-IoT is a suitable technology for supporting ORM services in smart grids, accompanied with a proposed near-optimal radio network configuration to best do so.
Topics
Cellular networksNB-IoTOutage Restoration ManagementPerformance assessmentReliabilitySmart gridsElectric power transmission networksEuropium compoundsInternet of thingsOutagesReliabilityRestorationSensitivity analysisCellular technologiesEnergy distribution networksOutage restorationsSmart grid applicationsSystem level simulationSmart power grids
TNO Identifier
842687
ISBN
9781538614785
Source
2018 European Conference on Networks and Communications, EuCNC 2018. 18 June 2018 through 21 June 2018, pp. 418-423.
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Article nr.
8443186
Source title
2018 European Conference on Networks and Communications, EuCNC 2018
Pages
418-423
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