2020/07/01 by Daniel Gutierrez-Rojas, Pedro H. J. Nardelli, Gutierrez-Rojas, Daniel +5
Computer Science · Engineering · #FOS: Electrical engineering #Signal Processing (eess.SP) #Systems and Control (eess.SY) #cs.SY #eess.SP #eess.SY #electronic engineering #information engineering
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2007.13479
Accepted to IEEE Trans. on Industrial Informatics
arxiv created 2020/07/01 · arxiv updated 2020/07/28
The dominance of distributed energy resources in microgrids and the associated weather dependency require flexible protection. They include devices capable of adapting their protective settings as a reaction to (potential) changes in system state. Communication technologies have a key role in this system since the reactions of the adaptive devices shall be coordinated. This coordination imposes strict requirements: communications must be available and ultra-reliable with bounded latency in the order of milliseconds. This paper reviews the state-of-the-art in the field and provides a thorough analysis of the main related communication technologies and optimization techniques. We also present our perspective on the future of communication deployments in microgrids, indicating the viability of 5G wireless systems and multi-connectivity to enable adaptive protection.