Abstract

Network architecture of any real-time system must be robust enough to absorb several network failures and still work smoothly. Smart Grid Network is one of those big networks that should be considered and designed carefully because of its dependencies. There are several hybrid approaches that have been proposed using wireless and wired technologies by involving SDH/SONNET as a backbone network, but all technologies have their own limitations and can’t be utilized due to various factors. In this paper, we propose a fiber optic based Gigabit Ethernet (1000BASE-ZX) network named as Territory Substation Area Network (T-SAN) for smart grid backbone architecture. It is a scalable architecture, with several desired features, like higher coverage, fault tolerance, robustness, reliability, and maximum availability. The use case of sample mapping the T-SAN on the map of People Republic of China proves its strength to become backhaul network of any territory or country, the results of implemented architecture and its protocol for fault detection and recovery reveals the ability of system survival under several random, multiple and simultaneous faults efficiently.

Details

Title
TSAN: Backbone Network Architecture for Smart Grid of P.R China
Author
Raheel Ahmed Memon; Li, Jianping; Anwar Ahmed Memon; Junaid, Ahmed; Muhammad Irshad Nazeer; Ismail, Muhammad
Publication year
2018
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Science and Information (SAI) Organization Limited
ISSN
2158107X
e-ISSN
21565570
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2656429794
Copyright
© 2018. This work is licensed under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.