TY - GEN
T1 - Network Performance Analysis of Smart Grid Communications Over LTE cat-M
AU - Dash, Biswajit Kumar
AU - Shah, Sureel
AU - Malandra, Filippo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 IEEE.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Smart grid applications heavily rely on communication infrastructures that offer flexibility, scalability, and cost-effectiveness to enable bi-directional information exchange across geographically distributed grid elements. Wireless cellular networks, such as LTE cat-M, provide extensive coverage at a reduced cost, both in terms of installation and power consumption. This paper presents a multi-node testbed to assess the suitability of LTE cat-M technology for a variety of smart grid applications, with distributed nodes collecting and transmitting data at a variable rate, from 0.25 to 100 frames per second (fps). Based on field experiments, an extensive performance analysis is presented with Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), such as delay, jitter, and frame loss. The impact of the number of smart grid nodes and propagation quality are also considered in the analysis. Finally, a calibration method to optimize the packet transmission time is presented with a 33.91% delay reduction under different conditions.
AB - Smart grid applications heavily rely on communication infrastructures that offer flexibility, scalability, and cost-effectiveness to enable bi-directional information exchange across geographically distributed grid elements. Wireless cellular networks, such as LTE cat-M, provide extensive coverage at a reduced cost, both in terms of installation and power consumption. This paper presents a multi-node testbed to assess the suitability of LTE cat-M technology for a variety of smart grid applications, with distributed nodes collecting and transmitting data at a variable rate, from 0.25 to 100 frames per second (fps). Based on field experiments, an extensive performance analysis is presented with Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), such as delay, jitter, and frame loss. The impact of the number of smart grid nodes and propagation quality are also considered in the analysis. Finally, a calibration method to optimize the packet transmission time is presented with a 33.91% delay reduction under different conditions.
KW - Cellular-IoT
KW - LTE Cat-M
KW - Multi-node testbed
KW - Network performance
KW - Smart Grid communications
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85180800531
U2 - 10.1109/SmartGridComm57358.2023.10333918
DO - 10.1109/SmartGridComm57358.2023.10333918
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85180800531
T3 - 2023 IEEE International Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing Technologies for Smart Grids, SmartGridComm 2023 - Proceedings
BT - 2023 IEEE International Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing Technologies for Smart Grids, SmartGridComm 2023 - Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 14th IEEE International Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing Technologies for Smart Grids, SmartGridComm 2023
Y2 - 31 October 2023 through 3 November 2023
ER -