A survey on wireless sensor networks for smart grid

Computer Communications

Volumn 71, Issue , 2015, Pages 22-33

  Fadel, Etimad ^a   Gungor, V C ^b   Nassef, Laila ^a   Akkari, Nadine ^a   Abbas Malik, M G ^a,d   Almasri, Suleiman ^a,d   Akyildiz, Ian F ^a,c  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ABDULLAH GUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JEDDAH   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Applications; MAC and routing protocols; Smart grid; Wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; COSTS; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; POWER MANAGEMENT (TELECOMMUNICATION); RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; ROUTING PROTOCOLS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS;

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; REAL-TIME INFORMATION; REMOTE MONITORING AND CONTROL; RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION; SMART GRID; SMART GRID APPLICATIONS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK (WSNS); WIRELESS SENSOR SYSTEM;

SMART POWER GRIDS;

EID: 84958919702     PISSN: 01403664     EISSN: 1873703X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comcom.2015.09.006     Document Type: Article

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