TY - GEN
T1 - A Survey on Information and Communications Technology Infrastructure for Smart Grids
AU - Molokomme, Daisy Nkele
AU - Chabalala, Chabalala S.
AU - Bokoro, Pitshou
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 IEEE.
PY - 2019/8
Y1 - 2019/8
N2 - Smart Grids (SGs) aim to improve the aging power system grid into a modernized grid with the utilization of the advanced communication technologies in the industry. The incorporation of communications technology in power systems enables two-way flow of electricity and information within the grid system. SGs emerge as the next generation technology in power systems, as a result of the increasing demand of upgrading the conventional grid into the more modernized grid, with the aim of resolving some of the major crisis such as the environmental and energy crisis posed by the existing grid. In order, to deploy this intelligent grid, a sustainable, energy efficient, flexible, scalable, and secure communication infrastructure need to be designed and implemented to address these issues. There are several surveys and studies on the Information and communication technologies (ICT) architectures to develop a suitable protocol of applying the proposed advanced and up-to-date communication and networking technologies into the power system, to enable the intelligence features of the grid system. This paper reviews the works on communications technologies on SGs, with the objective of addressing the issues related to ICT infrastructure, and the recent communication technologies with their corresponding communication requirements.
AB - Smart Grids (SGs) aim to improve the aging power system grid into a modernized grid with the utilization of the advanced communication technologies in the industry. The incorporation of communications technology in power systems enables two-way flow of electricity and information within the grid system. SGs emerge as the next generation technology in power systems, as a result of the increasing demand of upgrading the conventional grid into the more modernized grid, with the aim of resolving some of the major crisis such as the environmental and energy crisis posed by the existing grid. In order, to deploy this intelligent grid, a sustainable, energy efficient, flexible, scalable, and secure communication infrastructure need to be designed and implemented to address these issues. There are several surveys and studies on the Information and communication technologies (ICT) architectures to develop a suitable protocol of applying the proposed advanced and up-to-date communication and networking technologies into the power system, to enable the intelligence features of the grid system. This paper reviews the works on communications technologies on SGs, with the objective of addressing the issues related to ICT infrastructure, and the recent communication technologies with their corresponding communication requirements.
KW - 5G
KW - cognitive radio (CR)
KW - information and communication technologies (ICT)
KW - smart grid (SG)
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85073215950&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/AFRICA.2019.8843419
DO - 10.1109/AFRICA.2019.8843419
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85073215950
T3 - 2019 IEEE 2nd Wireless Africa Conference, WAC 2019 - Proceedings
BT - 2019 IEEE 2nd Wireless Africa Conference, WAC 2019 - Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2nd IEEE Wireless Africa Conference, WAC 2019
Y2 - 18 August 2019 through 20 August 2019
ER -
