The current power grid is no longer a feasible solution due to ever-increasing user demand
of electricity, old infrastructure, and reliability issues and thus require transformation to a …

Future power systems are characterized by a high degree of complexity with a large number
of intelligent devices, exchanging and processing both huge amounts of data and realtime …

The rise of grid modernization has been prompted by the escalating demand for power, the
deteriorating state of infrastructure, and the growing concern regarding the reliability of …

Emerging Software Defined Networking (SDN) technology provides excellent flexibility to
large-scale networks in terms of control, management, security, and maintenance. In this …

Facing current and future developments of the energy system, including the integration of
large numbers of renewable energy sources and electric vehicles, live monitoring and …

Future energy systems depend on a corresponding Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) overlay, allowing timely transmission of critical grid information in …

One of the more challenging issues in Smart Grid (SG) communications is in handling the
ever-increasing number of new SG applications that are being provisioned by the utility …

Abstract The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) envisions a smart grid
that aggressively explores advance communication network solutions to facilitate real-time …

As the scale of virtual power plants (VPPs) continues to expand, the communication
demands between VPPs and the management center are increasing. To maintain the …

Software-defined networking (SDN) is a networking architecture that increasingly receives
attention from power grid operators. The basic principle is the separation of the packet …