Cellular Communications for Smart Grid Neighborhood Area Networks: A Survey

IEEE Access

Volumn 4, Issue , 2016, Pages 1469-1493

  Kalalas, Charalampos ^a   Thrybom, Linus ^b   Alonso Zarate, Jesus ^a  

^a CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC DE TELECOMUNICACIONS DE CATALUNYA CTTC   (Spain)

^b ABB CORPORATE RESEARCH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cellular; Device to Device; Distribution Network; LTE; Microgrid; Smart Grid; Substation Automation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MODERNIZATION; SMART POWER GRIDS; SURVEYS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CELLULAR; DEVICE TO DEVICES; MICRO GRID; SMART GRID; SUBSTATION AUTOMATION;

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS;

EID: 84979802702     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21693536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2016.2551978     Document Type: Article

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