Title
An Information-Centric Communication Infrastructure for Real-Time State Estimation of Active Distribution Networks
Abstract
The evolution toward emerging active distribution networks (ADNs) can be realized via a real-time state estimation (RTSE) application facilitated by the use of phasor measurement units (PMUs). A critical challenge in deploying PMU-based RTSE applications at large scale is the lack of a scalable and flexible communication infrastructure for the timely (i.e., sub-second) delivery of the high volume of synchronized and continuous synchrophasor measurements. We address this challenge by introducing a communication platform called C-DAX based on the information-centric networking (ICN) concept. With a topic-based publish-subscribe engine that decouples data producers and consumers in time and space, C-DAX enables efficient synchrophasor measurement delivery, as well as flexible and scalable (re)configuration of PMU data communication for seamless full observability of power conditions in complex and dynamic scenarios. Based on the derived set of requirements for supporting PMU-based RTSE in ADNs, we design the ICN-based C-DAX communication platform, together with a joint optimized physical network resource provisioning strategy, in order to enable the agile PMU data communications in near real-time. In this paper, C-DAX is validated via a field trial implementation deployed over a sample feeder in a real-distribution network; it is also evaluated through simulation-based experiments using a large set of real medium voltage grid topologies currently operating live in The Netherlands. This is the first work that applies emerging communication paradigms, such as ICN, to smart grids while maintaining the required hard real-time data delivery as demonstrated through field trials at national scale. As such, it aims to become a blueprint for the application of ICN-based general purpose communication platforms to ADNs.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1109/TSG.2015.2398840
IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid
Keywords
Field
DocType
Active distribution network (ADN), communication infrastructure, information-centric networking (ICN), phasor measurement unit (PMU), real-time state estimation (RTSE)
Observability,Units of measurement,Smart grid,Phasor,Electronic engineering,Network topology,Provisioning,Engineering,Grid,Scalability
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
PP
99
1949-3053
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
15
0.83
19
Authors
20
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Wei Koong Chai176436.40
Ning Wang237932.97
Konstantinos V. Katsaros324815.13
George Kamel4475.56
George Pavlou51903157.00
Stijn Melis6182.37
Michael Hoefling7294.46
Bárbara Vieira8171.29
Paolo Romano9776.08
Styliani Sarri10413.01
Teklemariam Tsegay Tesfay11343.72
Binxu Yang12483.40
Florian Heimgaertner13286.15
Marco Pignati14343.48
Mario Paolone1524339.24
Michael Menth1656772.74
Erik Poll17103489.71
Marcel Mampaey18150.83
Herman Bontius19482.58
Chris Develder2036045.84