Electric and Electronic Engineering Department

Universidad de los Andes

December 7, 2012
MODELLING AND SIMULATION OF AMI NETWORK
IMPLEMENTED UNDER
LTE AND WIFI TECHNOLOGIES

Roberto Bustamante M.
Juan M. Aranda L. K.
AGENDA
AMI NETWORK MODEL
Schematic diagram
Applications
Simulation Model
Interaction between components
AMI NETWORK SIMULATION (NS-3)
Scenario
QoS requirements
Preliminary results
REFERENCES
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AGENDA
AMI NETWORK MODEL
Schematic diagram
Applications
Simulation Model
Interaction between components
AMI NETWORK SIMULATION (NS-3)
Scenario
QoS requirements
Preliminary results
REFERENCES
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SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM
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Adapted from [1]
AGENDA
AMI NETWORK MODEL
Schematic diagram
Applications
Simulation Model
Interaction between components
AMI NETWORK SIMULATION (NS-3)
Scenario
QoS requirements
Preliminary results
REFERENCES
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Smart Metering
DMLS/COSEM Protocol application
Information generated: Meter Data
Requesting Time: 5min/15min/30min/1h

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APPLICATIONS
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APPLICATIONS

Demand Response (DR) program
DR Messages over TCP-UDP/IP application; DMLS/COSEM Protocol
application
Depends on Meter Data collected by the MDMS
Rate-Based/Incentive-Based programs
Information generated: Control & Curtailment Commands, Updated
Rates
Requesting Time: 30min/1h

AGENDA
AMI NETWORK MODEL
Schematic diagram
Applications
Simulation Model
Interaction between components
AMI NETWORK SIMULATION (NS-3)
Scenario
QoS requirements
Preliminary results
REFERENCES
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MODEL
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MODEL
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MODEL
Wifi, Ethernet, LTE technologies included in NS-3
Nodes: BSC (SGW/PGW), BS (eNB), UE (LTE
module for C-DC node) included in LENA module
AGENDA
AMI NETWORK MODEL
Schematic diagram
Applications
Simulation Model
Interaction between components
AMI NETWORK SIMULATION (NS-3)
Scenario
QoS requirements
Preliminary results
REFERENCES
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INTERACTION
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INTERACTION
(BLOCKS)
AGENDA
AMI NETWORK MODEL
Schematic diagram
Applications
Simulation Model
Interaction between components
AMI NETWORK SIMULATION (NS-3)
Scenario
QoS requirements
Preliminary results
REFERENCES
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SCENARIO
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1 Data Concentrator
(DC) located at
212m of the Base
Station (BS)
250 Smart Meters
(SMs) located
randomly within an
area of 10000m
2
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SCENARIO
AGENDA
AMI NETWORK MODEL
Schematic diagram
Applications
Simulation Model
Interaction between components
AMI NETWORK SIMULATION (NS-3)
Scenario
QoS requirements
Preliminary results
REFERENCES
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QoS
Application
End-to-End
Delay
PLR(***) Bit Rate
Smart Metering < 1 min (*) < 10
2
10 kbps/node
Demand Reponse < 1 min (**) < 10
2
14 kbps/node
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Based on [2] [3]
(*) Measured values for consumption (every 30 min); (**) Current tariff (every 30 min); (***) Reliability > 99%
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PERFORMANCE METRICS
FORMULAS
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Performance metrics calculated using flowMonitor and the following
formulas [4]:
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AMI NETWORK MODEL
Schematic diagram
Applications
Simulation Model
Interaction between components
AMI NETWORK SIMULATION (NS-3)
Scenario
QoS requirements
Preliminary results
REFERENCES
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RESULTS
Point to Point Connection Average E2E Delay (ms) Reliability
SM-DC 0,44 100 %
MDM-DC 13,38 100 %
DC-MDM (one block of 1000 B) 21,93 100 %
DR-DC 13,76 100 %
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AGENDA
AMI NETWORK MODEL
Schematic diagram
Applications
Simulation Model
Interaction between components
AMI NETWORK SIMULATION (NS-3)
Scenario
QoS requirements
Preliminary results
REFERENCES
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REFERENCES
[1] J. M. Aranda, Evaluacin del desempeo de una Red AMI
implementada sobre las tecnologas PLC y HSDPA, Bogot: Tesis
Magster, Universidad de los Andes, 2012, pp. 1-148.
[2] T. Otani, A Primary Evaluation for Applicability of IEC 62056 to A
Next-Generation Power Grid, in 2010 First IEEE International
Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm), pp.
67-72.
[3] US Department of Energy (October, 2010). Report:
Communications Requirements for Smart Grid Technology [Online].
Available on: http://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/gcprod/documents/
[4] G. Carneiro, P. Fortuna, and M. Ricardo, FlowMonitor - a
network monitoring framework for the Network Simulator 3 (NS-3),
NSTOOLS 2009, pp. 1-10.


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