Software-defined networking for Smart Grid communications: Applications, challenges and advantages

2014 IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications, SmartGridComm 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 422-427

  Dorsch, Nils ^a   Kurtz, Fabian ^a   Georg, Hanno ^a   Hägerling, Christian ^a   Wietfeld, Christian ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; COMPLEX NETWORKS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM CONTROL; OUTAGES; QUALITY OF SERVICE; SMART POWER GRIDS; SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKING;

AUTONOMOUS MONITORING; MANAGEMENT AND CONTROLS; MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS; POWER SYSTEM OPERATIONS; RELIABLE COMMUNICATION; SELF-HEALING INFRASTRUCTURES; SMART GRID COMMUNICATIONS; SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKING (SDN);

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS;

EID: 84922426777     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SmartGridComm.2014.7007683     Document Type: Conference Paper

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