Improved throughput for Power Line Communication (PLC) for smart meters using fog computing based data aggregation approach

Modified Timed Efficient Stream Loss-tolerant Authentication to Secure Power Line Communication

International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE) ◽

10.11591/ijece.v9i4.pp2281-2295 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 2281

Author(s):

Boyce Sigweni ◽

Mmoloki Mangwala ◽

Joseph Chuma

Keyword(s):

Power Line ◽

Load Management ◽

Power Line Communication ◽

Security Measures ◽

Security Risk ◽

Smart Meters ◽

Power Line Communications ◽

Source Authentication ◽

Last Mile ◽

The Ideal

<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>This paper investigates the feasibility of Timed Efficient Stream Loss-tolerant Authentica- tion to serve security needs of Power Line Communication (PLC) system. PLC network has been identified as the ideal choice to function as the last mile network, deliver load management messages to smart meters. However, there is need to address the security concerns for load management messages delivered over power line communications. The ubiquitous nature of the power line communication infrastructure exposes load management systems (LMS) deployed over it to a security risk. Ordinarily, PLC network does not em- ploy any security measures on which the smart meters and data concentrators can depend on. Therefore, the need to provide a secure mechanism for communication of load man- agement system messages over a PLC network. In LMS, source authentication is of highest priority because we need to respond only to messages from an authenticated source. This is achieved by investigating suitable robust authentication protocols. In this paper we present modifications to Timed Efficient Stream Loss-tolerant Authentication for secure authentica- tion to secure messages for load management over PLC. We demonstrate that PLC can be used to securely and effectively deliver Load Management messages to smart meters, with minimal overhead. </span></p></div></div></div>

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Power line communication channel noise source detection using smart meters

2016 12th IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and Telecommunications (ISETC) ◽

10.1109/isetc.2016.7781067 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Sebastian Avram

Keyword(s):

Communication Channel ◽

Noise Source ◽

Power Line ◽

Channel Noise ◽

Power Line Communication ◽

Source Detection ◽

Smart Meters

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Networking of Smart Meters Based on Time-Varying Feature of Low-Voltage Power Line Channel in Microgrid

Complexity ◽

10.1155/2021/6635588 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2021 ◽

pp. 1-16

Author(s):

Ya-Xin Huang ◽

Xiao-Di Zhang ◽

Fei Yu ◽

Yong-Qing Wei ◽

Hai-Long Zhang

Keyword(s):

Low Power ◽

Optimal Path ◽

Power Line ◽

Power Line Communication ◽

Time Varying ◽

Smart Meter ◽

Communication Quality ◽

Smart Meters ◽

Conflict Problem ◽

Communication Path

In order to manage the electricity consumption information of microgrid users, the reliability of electricity information collection is studied in this paper. The normal communication between the acquisition terminal and the smart meter is a key factor affecting the accurate collection of power information; it is the basis for ensuring the operation of the microgrid as well. In order to improve the reliability of the low power line communication between the acquisition terminal and smart meters, this article first uses the static networking method to layer the smart meters and select relays from them and then select the optimal communication path based on integrating communication quality and relay forwarding number dynamically, which could avoid the signal conflict problem caused by simultaneous communication. Finally, by analyzing the influence of the time-varying power line channel on the smart meter communication, a method based on the integrated communication quality and the relay number to consider the time variability of low power line communication is proposed. Choosing the optimal path of the smart meters when the communication path is abnormal can not only establish a new communication path for communication in time, but also avoid communication failures caused by the time-varying channel. Through MATLAB simulation, the time-varying dynamic network of the power line channel is introduced in this paper, which improves the reliability of the smart meter communication and has certain guiding significance for the actual smart meter network construction in microgrid.

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