UHF white space network for rural smart grid communications

Malcolm Ronald Brew; Faisal Darbari; Louise Helen Crockett; Mark  Waddell; Michael Fitch; Stephan Weiss; Robert Stewart

doi:10.1109/SmartGridComm.2011.6102305

UHF white space network for rural smart grid communications

Malcolm Ronald Brew, Faisal Darbari, Louise Helen Crockett, Mark Waddell, Michael Fitch, Stephan Weiss, Robert Stewart

Electronic And Electrical Engineering

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Abstract

We present a white space communications test bed running in the
Scottish Highlands and Islands, and discuss its feasibility for smart
grid communications. The network aims to serve communities that have great potential for distributed generation of electricity, by means of
wind, water, and tidal power. However, smart grid applications such
as remote meter reading and load balancing are impaired by the
scarcity or lack of communications infrastructure in remote rural
areas such as the Scottish Highlands and Islands. We argue that the
proposed system is based on a network of energy self-sufficient radio
relay nodes that make it a robust and independent medium to support
smart grid communications in rural settings.

Original language	English
Pages	138-142
Number of pages	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/SmartGridComm.2011.6102305
Publication status	Published - 17 Oct 2011
Event	2nd IEEE Conference on Smart Grid Communications - Brussels, Belgium Duration: 17 Oct 2011 → 21 Oct 2011

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Conference	2nd IEEE Conference on Smart Grid Communications
Country	Belgium
City	Brussels
Period	17/10/11 → 21/10/11

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white space network
rural smart grid communications
smart grids

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Brew, M. R., Darbari, F., Crockett, L. H., Waddell, M., Fitch, M., Weiss, S., & Stewart, R. (2011). UHF white space network for rural smart grid communications. 138-142. Paper presented at 2nd IEEE Conference on Smart Grid Communications, Brussels, Belgium. https://doi.org/10.1109/SmartGridComm.2011.6102305

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