Paper Info
Title
An Experimental Characterization of Time of Arrival Accuracy for Time Synchronization of Medium Voltage Smart Grid Solutions
Abstract
The time synchronization of smart grid devices is a critical feature for the successful application of advanced grid monitoring and control techniques. Synchronization mechanisms based on the accurate estimation of the Time of Arrival (ToA) of network messages - sent over power line cables - are a promising solution to achieve synchronization tasks over distribution lines. In this paper, a chirp-based synchronization technique over the Medium Voltage (MV) grid has been proposed and characterized. Such approach has the benefit of not requiring the installation of a dedicated infrastructure, thanks to the exploitation of power distribution lines for the transmission of time synchronization data. The effectiveness of the approach has been experimentally evaluated on a simplified MV line available in a testing laboratory. Although, the tested chirp has a limited frequency bandwidth (80 kHz), the maximum variation of the ToA estimation is on the order of 3.5 μs, which fulfills the requirements of most smart grid applications.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1109/AMPS.2019.8897769
2019 IEEE 10th International Workshop on Applied Measurements for Power Systems (AMPS)
Keywords
Field
DocType
Chirp modulation,Smart Grid,Time Synchronization,Performance Evaluation,Time of Arrival,Medium Voltage Distribution Grid
Synchronization,Smart grid,Voltage,Time synchronization,Electronic engineering,Bandwidth (signal processing),Chirp,Engineering,Grid,Time of arrival
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
2473-1315
978-1-7281-0076-0
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
5
12
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Stefano Rinaldi119031.39
Dario Di Cara26416.57
nicola panzavecchia3125.56
Giovanni Tinè48119.08
Federico Bonafini583.31
Paolo Ferrari639259.01
Alessandra Flammini749287.79
Marco Pasetti800.34
Emiliano Sisinni945756.63
Giovanni Artale1000.34
Antonio Cataliotti1120445.22
Valentina Cosentino1214027.88