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Study of Transport Protocols performance in Smart Meter networks

Student: SallyAdvisor: Dr. Quincy Wu

Date: 2012/06/30

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Outline

• Introduction• Related work• Simulation scenario• Performance measurement• Conclusion and feature work• References

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Introduction

• Smart grid system:A smart grid is an emerging technology in recent years which combines ordinary electricity networks with digital technology and aims to use electricity more efficiently.• Smart meter networks:It is very crucial in the smart grid system which provides two-way communication services between suppliers and customers.

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Introduction (Cont.)

• Quality of services (QoS) requirements :– There are many different types of messages

(control, electrical usage and so forth) are transmitted between suppliers and customers.

– Meet QoS requirements (bandwidth, latency and so on) of these messages is very important .• Smart meter networks are service-based networks.

– Provide good communication services between suppliers and customers.

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Introduction(Cont.)

• Internet protocol:– It is a popular network technology to implement

smart meter networks. – Best-effort service model • Can not guarantee to provide stable and

reliable services.• How to best profile the Internet protocol Suite(IPS)

for use in smart meter networks is very important. [1]

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Introduction(Cont.)

• QoS provisioning: (design the suitable IPS for smart meter networks)– Application layer :Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)• SIP functions (subscribe, notify and so forth)

– Transport layer: Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)• SCTP functions (multi-homing, multi-streaming and so

forth)

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Related work

• Building automation Networks for Smart Grids[2]– In this paper presented a framework for end-to-end

interoperability in home and building area networks within smart grids.

– Interoperability network architecture• ZigBee/WiFi• 6LoWPAN/WiFi

– The QoS framework• Ensure important messages are treated at higher priority

than normal messages.

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Related work(Cont.)

• IMS Signaling for Smart Grid Home Controllers[3]– This paper presented SIP as a suitable option for Smart

Grid signaling.

• Evaluation of transport protocols for the session initiation protocol[4]– SIP over TCP vs SIP over SCTP

• QoS requirements for the Smart Grid Communi-cation System[5]– This paper addressed QoS requirements for the smart

grid communications system.

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Simulation Scenario (NS2)

Smart meter

router routerSmart meter

Smart meter

Server

Related network parameters are not determined.

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Performance measurement

• Transmission Delay • Network Throughput• Packet lost rate

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Conclusion

• My thesis aims to study of transport protocols performance in smart meter networks in order to provide a reference for smart meter networks designers to profile the suitable IPS for their smart meter networks.

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Future works

Implement the IPS (SIP/SCTP) in real testbed in order to more understand how it cooperates with heterogeneous smart meter networks and the server on the Internet in the realistic experimental environment.

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References• F. Baker and D. Meyer, “ Internet protocols for smart grid”, RFC6272,June 2011.• Peizhong Yi, Abiodun Iwayemi and Chi Zhou,“ Building automation Networks for Smart Grids”,

International Journal of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting, Volume 2011,Article ID 926363,12 pages.

• A. Román-Portabales, E. Pérez-Carrera,F. J. González-Castaño and D. Chaves-Diéguez, “IMS Signaling for Smart Grid Home Controllers”, Proceeding of the IEEE international conference on consumer electronics(ICCE),9-12 Jan. 2011.

• G. Camarillo, R. Kantola and H. Schulzrinne, “ Evaluation of Transport Protocols for the Session Initiation Protocol”, IEEE Network, Volume: 17 , Issue: 5 , Sept.-Oct. 2003, Pages: 40 – 46.

• Y.-H. Jeon, “QoS requirements for the Smart Grid Communication System”, The International Journal of Computer Science and Network Security, Volume 11, No 3 ,March 2011.

• J. Rosenberg, H. Schulzrinne and G. Camarillo, “The Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) as a Transport for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)”,RFC4168,October 2005.

• G. Camarillo, H. Schulzrinne, and R. Kantola, “A transport protocol for SIP,” Ericsson, Finland, November 2001.