Katsaros, KV;
Chai, WK;
Wang, N;
Pavlou, G;
Bontius, H;
Paolone, M;
(2014)
Information-Centric Networking for Machine-to-Machine Data Delivery: A Case Study in Smart Grid Applications.
IEEE Network
, 28
(3)
pp. 58-64.
10.1109/MNET.2014.6843233.
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Abstract
Largely motivated by the proliferation of content-centric applications in the Internet, information-centric networking has attracted the attention of the research community. By tailoring network operations around named information objects instead of end hosts, ICN yields a series of desirable features such as the spatiotemporal decoupling of communicating entities and the support of in-network caching. In this article, we advocate the introduction of such ICN features in a new, rapidly transforming communication domain: the smart grid. With the rapid introduction of multiple new actors, such as distributed (renewable) energy resources and electric vehicles, smart grids present a new networking landscape where a diverse set of multi-party machine-to-machine applications are required to enhance the observability of the power grid, often in real time and on top of a diverse set of communication infrastructures. Presenting a generic architectural framework, we show how ICN can address the emerging smart grid communication challenges. Based on real power grid topologies from a power distribution network in the Netherlands, we further employ simulations to both demonstrate the feasibility of an ICN solution for the support of real-time smart grid applications and further quantify the performance benefits brought by ICN against the current host-centric paradigm. Specifically, we show how ICN can support real-time state estimation in the medium voltage power grid, where high volumes of synchrophasor measurement data from distributed vantage points must be delivered within a very stringent end-to-end delay constraint, while swiftly overcoming potential power grid component failures.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Information-Centric Networking for Machine-to-Machine Data Delivery: A Case Study in Smart Grid Applications |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1109/MNET.2014.6843233 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MNET.2014.6843233 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Phasor measurement units, Smart grids, Network architecture, Network topology, Delays, Real-time systems, Information retrieval, Information technology, Content-based retrieval, Power distribution |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Electronic and Electrical Eng |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1448997 |
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