Wireless Communication Technologies for Electrical Power System Applications

M. S. Sujatha*, Vijaya Kumar**
* Department of EEE, Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College, Tirupati.
** Professor, Department of EEE, JNTUA, Anantapur.
Periodicity:April - June'2012
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jwcn.1.1.1852

Abstract

Two-way and robust communication is the key aspect of   realizing   the   vision   of   power system protection. There are   several standardized wired and wireless communication echnologies available for various power system applications. Wireless technologies have    significant benefits over wired, such has improved protection, control, speed outage restoration, operation analysis, maintenance, planning and also have low installation and maintenance cost, rapid deployment, mobility, etc. Several activities are going on in many areas of power system using this technology.  This paper presents various power system applications achieved through standardized wireless communication technologies, e.g.  IEEE  802.11  based  wireless LAN, IEEE 802.16 based WiMAX, 3G/4G cellular, ZigBee based on IEEE 802.15,  IEEE 802.20 based MobileFi, Blue tooth-IEEE802.15.1 etc. The challenges related to wire and wireless communication technologies have been discussed in brief. Addition to this, advantages of cellular communication is discussed.

Keywords

Automatic Metering reading (AMR), load Tap Changer (LTD), Transformer Inelegant Module (TIM), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Data collection module (DCM), Central processing module (CPM)

How to Cite this Article?

Sujatha, M.S., and Kumar, M.V. (2012). Wireless Communication Technologies for Electrical Power System Applications, i-manager’s Journal on Wireless Communication Networks. 1(1), 8-18. https://doi.org/10.26634/jwcn.1.1.1852

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