Authors:
Gurkan Tuna
1
;
George C. Kiokes
2
;
Erietta I. Zountouridou
3
and
V. Cagri Gungor
4
Affiliations:
1
Trakya University, Turkey
;
2
Hellenic Air-Force Academy, Greece
;
3
National Technical University of Athens, Greece
;
4
Abdullah Gul University, Turkey
Keyword(s):
Smart Grid, Smart Grid Applications, Next Generation Networks, Performance Evaluations.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Control and Supervision Systems
;
Engineering Applications
;
Industrial Networks and Automation
;
Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics
;
Intelligent Control Systems and Optimization
;
Robotics and Automation
;
Signal Processing, Sensors, Systems Modeling and Control
Abstract:
Due to the networking expertise, services and technical support of telecommunications operators, Smart
Grid (SG) operators prefer telecommunications operators for their communications needs instead of creating
private networks. In this paper, the use of Next Generation Networks (NGNs) by telecommunications
operators to provide services to transnational SG operators for SG applications is evaluated. NGNs are all IP
networks which are packet based and use IP to transport the various types of traffic such as data, voice,
video, and signalling over converged fixed and mobile networks. The main idea of transnational SG
operators is simple. By creating a huge single infrastructure for energy, more than one countries and nations
can be powered at once. For this, it is not needed to install very huge power plants. Simply creating a
complex network of power grid connections to each participating country is enough. The results of a set of
simulation studies are given to show the efficiency of
the NGN-based communication infrastructure for SG
applications in terms of important network performance metrics. The results show that NGN-based
communication infrastructures can carry packets based on their priority levels and bandwidth allocations in
order to meet the specific requirements of SG applications.
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