With indispensable and rapid ingress of renewable energy sources in power systems, the communication between the distributed energy sources has become very crucial to have a reliable distribution management system (DMS). In this paper, wireless access support is proposed for Distribution Management System (DMS) and microgrid control center (MGCC) using WiMAX protocol. MATLAB/Simulink was used to model the WiMAX physical layer. The bit error rate (BER) v/s signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) curves were plotted and promising results were obtained.

Wireless Access Support for Distribution Management System (DMS) to Microgrid Communication in Power Network

The transformation from conventional power grid to smart grid has brought interdisciplinary concepts together. The distribution management system is a part of the smart grid and is a complex entity which requires different applications for monitoring, control and manage the distribution network operator (DNO). In this paper the communication framework is proposed for microgrid control center (MGCC) to DMS using long term evolution protocol (LTE). The LTE physical layer is modeled in MATLAB/SIMULINK and the bit error rate (BER) to signal to noise ratio (SNR) curves are plotted.

R Y Udaykumar

Papers

A Framework for Microgrid to Distribution Management System (DMS) Communication in Smart Distribution Network