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A Lightweight Messaging Protocol for Smart Grids

Authors:
Eric Veith
Bernd Steinbach
Johannes Windeln

Keywords: smart grid; messaging; protocol description; renewable energy sources

Abstract:
The smart grid concept introduces more software control at both endpoints of the energy consumption chain: The consumer is integrated into the grid management using smart metering, whereas the producer will be host to a distributed agent-based software approach. Including more renewable energy sources in the energy mix will increase the necessity for a finergrained, automatic control of changes in the energy level. Such changes need to be communicated for a distributed system to be able to calculate supply and demand. We therefore propose in this paper a lightweight protocol, which can be implemented on top of existing technology providing the needed communication interface. We also specify common behavior and protocol semantics for all implementing nodes, which forms the basis of a distributed, decentralized demand and supply calculation in a future energy grid.

Pages: 1 to 6

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2013

Publication date: September 29, 2013

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2326-9383

ISBN: 978-1-61208-292-9

Location: Porto, Portugal

Dates: from September 29, 2013 to October 3, 2013