Network Architecture, Security Issues, and Hardware Implementation of a Home Area Network for Smart Grid
2012 ◽
Vol 2012
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pp. 1-19
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This paper discusses aims, architecture, and security issues of Smart Grid, taking care of the lesson learned at University of Pisa in research projects on smart energy and grid. A key element of Smart Grid is the energy home area network (HAN), for which an implementation is proposed, dealing with its security aspects and showing some solutions for realizing a wireless network based on ZigBee. Possible hardware-software architectures and implementations using COTS (Commercial Off The Shelf) components are presented for key building blocks of the energy HAN such as smart power meters and plugs and a home smart information box providing energy management policy and supporting user's energy awareness.
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2014 ◽
Vol 12
(8)
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pp. 3778-3785
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