Data-quality-aware volume reduction in smart grid networks

Planning and Scheduling for Optimizing Communication in Smart Grids

“…SVD sparsity proved to be able to find out, what parts of the system are strongly coupled [18]. In [24], an intelligent traffic volume reduction of the communication flows is presented. The authors note that beside of "essential" data that must reach the target, there is a "non-essential" part.…”

The role of communication systems in smart grids: Architectures, technical solutions and research challenges

“…On the downside, TCP splitting approaches are more vulnerable to security attacks, and packets may suffer longer delays. An alternative congestion control technique is proposed in [229] by adapting the monitoring rate of smart meters to the available bandwidth. The basic idea is to formulate an optimization problem to determine which is the amount of traffic that can be reduced at different locations in the network without affecting the grid operations.…”

Scalable Meter Data Collection in Smart Grids Through Message Concatenation

“…This shifts the focus of the problem from battery life of nodes involved to the reduction of network capacity utilization. Reference [6] does look at data volume reduction in smart metering networks, but does not include aspects such as message concatenation.…”

“…For example, by current standards, each smart meter sends a few kilobytes of data every 15-60 min to grid operators [3], [4]. When this is scaled up to many thousands, existing communication architectures will find it difficult to handle the data traffic due to the limited network capacities, especially in limited bandwidth last mile networks [5], [6]. Future applications may require data to be collected at a finer granularity, thus adding to the challenge [7].…”