Smart Grid: a demanding use case for 5G technologies

Helen C. Leligou, Theodore Zahariadis, Lambros Sarakis, Eleftherios Tsampasis, Artemis Voulkidis, Terpsichori E. Velivassaki
2018 Zenodo  
The energy sector represents undoubtedly one of the most significant "test cases" for 5G enabling technologies, due to the need of addressing a huge range of very diverse requirements to deal with across a variety of applications(stringent capacity for smart metering/AMI versus latency for supervisory control and fault localization). However, to effectively support energy utilities along their transition towards more decentralized renewable-oriented systems, several open issues still remain as
more » ... o 5G networks management automation, security, resilience, scalability and portability. To face these issues, we outline a novel 5G PPP-compliant software framework specifically tailored to the energy domain, which combines i)trusted, scalable and lock-in free plug 'n' play support for a variety of constrained devices; ii) 5G devices' abstractions to demonstrate mMTC (massive Machine Type Communications), uMTC (critical MTC) and xMBB (Extended Massive BroadBand) communications coupled with partially distributed, trusted, end-to-end security and MCM to enable secure, scalable and energy efficient communications; iii) extended Mobile Edge Computing (xMEC) micro-clouds to reduce backhaul load, increase the overall network capacity and reduce delays, while facilitating the deployment of generic MTC related NFVs (Network Function Virtualisation) and utility-centric VNF(Virtual Network Functions).
doi:10.5281/zenodo.2600324 fatcat:xxdqe5jwinegbapqcuw25qfnxq