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Communications and Networking for Smart Grid:
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The drive for improved power system efficiency, stability, and “Location discovery based on fuzzy geometry in passive
flexibility has served as a catalyst for smart grid research sensor networks,” by R. W. et al., provides a solution
and development, so the communications networks in smart to location discovery with uncertainty for passive sensor
grid must facilitate the wide-scale utilization of various networks in the nation power grid. The approach of fuzzy
communications systems, enable the interoperability among geometry is introduced to investigate the fuzzy measurability.
various communications protocols, and provide secure and The interplay between fuzzy geometry of target localization
reliable communications for the smart grid. Many open and the fuzzy estimation bias for the case of fuzzy linear
issues in communications and networking need to be observer trajectory is analyzed in detail in sensor networks.
addressed by researchers. “Building automation networks for smart grids,” by P. Yi et
The major interesting topics investigated in this special al., presents a framework for end-to-end interoperability in
issue include home area networking (ZigBee, OpenHAN, home and building area networks within smart grids. 6LoW-
etc.), wireless mesh networking, and neighborhood area net- PAN and the compact application protocol are utilized for
works, protocol interoperability, green routing and switching network and application layer interoperability, respectively.
protocols, and cyber and physical security and privacy. Many A differential service medium access control scheme enables
thanks to the authors for submitting high-quality papers as end-to-end connectivity. Several issues are also addressed,
well as to guest editors and reviewers for providing the timely including interference mitigation, load scheduling, and secu-
reviews. A summary of papers is as follows. rity and possible solutions.
“M2M communications in the smart grid: applications, “Expected transmission energy route metric for wireless
standards, enabling technologies, and research challenges,” by mesh senor networks,” by Y. L. Jin et al., considers wireless
S. K. Tan et al., presents some of the ongoing standardiza- mesh sensor networks for smart grid application, as mesh
tion work in machine-to-machine (M2M) communications topology achieves high throughput and stable intercommu-
followed by the application of M2M communications to nication. A new routing metric is designed to improve the
smart grid. The paper analyzes and discusses the enabling energy balance of the whole network and extends the lifetime
technologies in M2M and provides an overview of the of wireless mesh sensor networks.
communications challenges and research opportunities with “Cyber security for smart grid, cryptography, and privacy,”
a focus on wireless sensor networks and their applications in by S. Iyer, reviews different types of attacks to smart grid.
a smart grid environment. The specific focus is on cyber security, as the smart grid uses
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