INTRODUCTION
A smart grid is a power network which is based on digital technology is used to supply power, via two-way digital communications. A smart grid system allows for monitoring, analysis, control and communication within the supply chain and helps improve efficiency, reduce energy consumption and cost, and maximize the transparency and reliability of the energy supply chain. The smart grid was introduced with the aim of overcoming the weaknesses of conventional electrical grids by using smart meters.
Smart grid technology has been employed by two-way communication introduced for controlling the use of appliances by However, the widespread presence of Internet access in most homes has made the smart grid more practically reliable to implement.
Smart grid is equally advantageous for
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The main purpose of the Smart Grid is to control the appliances at consumers’ homes to save energy, reduce cost and increase reliability and transparency.
Smart grid is a modern electric system which uses advanced information and communication technologies to improve efficiency, reliability, and safety in electric power distribution and management .Smart grid applications generate a large volume of data, which is required to be transferred to the control center in time. Therefore, reliable and prompt data communications are critical for smart grid.
Smart grid communication architecture is typically comprised of three interconnected networks: Wide Area Network (WAN), Neighborhood Area Network (NAN), and Home Area Network (HAN) .HAN collects the data from the home appliances. NAN transmits the data from HANs and other collectors to WAN. WAN forwards the data from NANs to the data
Which is also known as the core layer campus backbone network. Essentially everyone on campus will have internet connectivity and connect to any server or printer located in any of the other buildings. The reason behind this is the data center is the home of the database servers as well as mail servers. Any devices for example printers connected to the network users will be able to have access to them. If users needed to access the network from home or other features we can add VPN to the network.
1. Traffic control: As the data communication is the most energy-consuming part of the wireless sensor networks by decreasing the amount of traffic, energy can be saved. To distribute traffic effectively from a central node to other nodes, investigations are still needed in the network. 2. Preserve the traffic load balancing:
This figure shows that all clients (sub-stations) connect to main server (master controller). 4.7. Renewable power
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We can describe IoT as connect things like smartphones, personal computer and any other electronic devices and connected together as a new way in communicating between things and people and between things themselves [1]. IoT rapidly growing from industrial machine to consumer goods for sharing information and completing tasks [2]. According to [1], the number of devices connected to the Internet is expected to be increased from 100.4 million in 2011 to 2.1 billion by the year 2021 growing at a rate of 36% a year. Figure 1 shows that statistics from Cisco. Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational technology company that designs, manufactures and sells networking equipment.
Activities include residual balancing in close to real time of the electricity and gas markets. Through its subsidiaries, National Grid also own and maintain around 18 million domestic and commercial meters, the electricity Interconnector between England and France, and a Liquid Natural Gas importation terminal at the Isle of Grain. In additional, they also wholly owned a subsidiary National Grid Carbon Limited that has advanced the transportation and storage elements of the Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) supply chain. National Grid Plc has various strategies and objectives to attain the business success. It strives for continuous improvement in all their performance in terms of safety & customer services, transmission and distribution networks, building trust, transparency.
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