On the use of LEO satellite constellation for active network management in power distribution networks

IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1371-1381

  Yang, Qiang ^a   Laurenson, Dave I ^b   Barria, Javier A ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

LEO constellation; power distribution networks; satellite

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE; COMMUNICATION PERFORMANCE; COMMUNICATION SOLUTIONS; CONTROL CHALLENGES; DATA SERVICES; DELIVERY PERFORMANCE; DISTRIBUTED GENERATORS; DISTRIBUTED NETWORK OPERATORS; EXTENSIVE SIMULATIONS; LEO CONSTELLATION; LEO NETWORKS; LEO SATELLITE; LOW EARTH ORBIT SATELLITES; MANAGEMENT MECHANISMS; NETWORK CONTROL; POWER DISTRIBUTION NETWORK; POWER ENERGY;

ACTIVE NETWORKS; COMMUNICATION; DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; NEXT GENERATION NETWORKS; ORBITS; SATELLITE LINKS; SATELLITES; SCADA SYSTEMS;

NETWORK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84865516668     PISSN: 19493053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSG.2012.2197644     Document Type: Article

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