Novel Grid Topology Estimation Technique Exploiting PLC Modems

2016/10/27 by Federico Passerini, Passerini, Federico, Andrea M. Tonello +1
Computer Science · Engineering · #Advancements in PLL and VCO Technologies #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Other Computer Science (cs.OH) #Power Line Communications and Noise #Smart Grid Security and Resilience #cs.OH

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1610.09267

A version of this paper has been presented at the 10th Workshop on Power Line Communications, Paris 2016

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Abstract

A fundamental requirement to develop routing strategies in power line networks is the knowledge of the network topology, which might not be complete. In this work, we present a novel method to derive the topology of a distribution network that exploits the capability of Power Line Communication modems to measure the network admittance, and we report the most significant results.

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