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Smart Grid Communication: A Survey of State-of-the-Art

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Intelligent Computing Applications for Sustainable Real-World Systems (ICSISCET 2019)

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The existing power grid has undergone drastic changes within a decade, in order to deal with the increase in energy demand. With the integration of different distributed energy resources (DERs) for a group of interconnected loads within a defined electrical boundary, microgrid came into existence. However, with the increased use of effective communication, automation and monitoring skills the microgrids are technologically advanced with fast response and are referred to as ‘Smart Grids’. In smart grid, efficient and reliable communication is incorporated to improve the efficiency, sustainability, and stability of the whole system. This paper presents a review on the different types of available communication methods and protocols which are used for data communication within and outside a smart grid based power supply system.

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The financial support provided by AICTE-RPS project File No. 8-36/RIFD/RPS/POLICY-1/2016-17 dated 2.9.2017 and TEQIP III is sincerely acknowledged. Thanks are also due to the Director and management of M.I.T.S. Gwalior, India, for providing facilities and support.

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    Vimal Tiwari, Salil Madhav Dubey, Hari Mohan Dubey & Manjaree Pandit

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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, Madhav Institute of Technology and Science, Gwalior, India

    Manjaree Pandit

  2. Department of Electrical Engineering, Madhav Institute of Technology and Science, Gwalior, India

    Laxmi Srivastava

  3. Mechanical Engineering Dept, A-2 Quarter, S.V. National Institute of Technology, Surat, Gujarat, India

    Ravipudi Venkata Rao

  4. Department of Mathematics, South Asian University, New Delhi, Delhi, India

    Jagdish Chand Bansal

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Tiwari, V., Dubey, S.M., Dubey, H.M., Pandit, M. (2020). Smart Grid Communication: A Survey of State-of-the-Art. In: Pandit, M., Srivastava, L., Venkata Rao, R., Bansal, J. (eds) Intelligent Computing Applications for Sustainable Real-World Systems. ICSISCET 2019. Proceedings in Adaptation, Learning and Optimization, vol 13. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44758-8_48

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