Emerging Trends of Communications Infrastructure in Future Smart Grid
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2023) | Viewed by 2002
Special Issue Editors
2. KAIST Institute for Information Technology Convergence, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
Interests: edge computing; Internet of Things; green networking; smart grid
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2. GS-APAC, Kellogg Brown and Root, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia
Interests: smart grid communications; vehicular communication system
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Interests: demand-side energy management optimization; demand–supply energy balancing; distributed energy resources (DERs) management technology; energy broker mechanism for small-scale DERs; low-end standard platform for factory energy management system (FEMS)
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The prime objective of a smart grid is to enable existing power systems to be more efficient (cost-effective, eco-friendly, and reliable, etc.) by integrating communication, sensing, controlling, and cloud/edge computing assisted decision-making capability. Unlike the traditional power grid, a smart grid facilitates two-way communication between the electricity consumers and utility companies. It provides the opportunity to integrate distributed energy resources, including renewable energy resources. Different sensors and intelligent electronic devices connected with smart grids can collect various information and send the information through their communication interface for further processing, thereby paving the way for efficiently monitoring and controlling the smart grid. Having communication infrastructure that is reliable in a smart grid contributes not only to ensuring the safe operation of the smart grid but also to improving resource utilization and the power supply quality as well as proliferation of various smart grid applications, including distributed energy trading. Researchers are encouraged to submit original research contributions that explore the emerging trends of various communications aspects of future smart grids. Potential topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Network architecture and communication protocols for future smart grids.
- Cyber security in smart grids (attacks, methods, prospects, and countermeasures).
- Application of blockchain technology for smart grid communications security and resource management.
- Cloud/fog/edge/dew computing assisted reliable smart grid.
- Machine learning and artificial intelligence assisted smart grid network operation and management.
- Machine learning and artificial intelligence assisted communication infrastructure and data processing for demand response, orchestrated operation, and energy trading.
Dr. S. H. Shah Newaz
Dr. Nazmus Shaker Nafi
Dr. Yoon-Sik Yoo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- smart grid
- network architecture
- communication protocols
- smart grid cyber security
- demand response
- energy trading
- network operation
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