Chapter 4

Role of power line communications in the Smart Grid: applications, challenges, and research initiatives

P. Muralidhara Rao and B.D. Deebak,    School of Computer Science and Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India

Abstract

Of late, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play a vital role in developing smart applications. With the help of smart metering and Advanced Metering Infrastructures (AMI), Smart Grids (SG) are becoming a reality on a global scale. Currently, the growth of research efforts of SGs requires emerging technologies to enable substantial supply points in the grid and protect the low-voltage portion with a low-cost component. Besides, Power Line Communications (PLC) has been an active research ...

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