Wireless smart utility network tv#

In this paper, we perform a retrospective review and comparative study of existing work on networking in the TV white spaces. Their characteristics and features also hold potentials for many new applications including sensing and monitoring, Internet of Things, wireless control, smart utility, location-based services, and transportation and logistics.

In the last decade, there have been numerous efforts from academia, industries, and standards bodies for exploiting the potentials of the TV white spaces for several applications including wireless broadband Internet access. These characteristics along with their wide availability make the TV white spaces a great choice and alternative to many existing wireless technologies, especially the ones that need long range and high bandwidth communication. Thanks to their lower frequencies (e.g., 54-698 MHz in the US), communication over the TV spectrum has excellent propagation characteristics over long distances and through obstacles. TV white spaces refer to the allocated but locally unused TV spectrum and can be used by unlicensed devices as secondary users. We find that while system infrastructures, technologies, and operational principles across globe are adequately ready for the transition to Energy Internet, hindrances put forth by the policies, regulations, government agencies and institutions need to be addressed to realize a nationwide Energy Internet. Secondly, a systematic review of literature related to state-of-the-art of Energy Internet is performed to outline its structure, operational features and energy market mechanisms. Firstly, study delves into discussion on studies related to smart grids since it is the precursor of Energy Internet, and various other studies which discuss the developments that likely to enable smooth transition of present electricity system to Energy Internet. This paper has attempted to study the aptness of Energy Internet for a transitioning electricity system by focusing on national electricity systems across the globe. These technologies have achieved a state of evolution to facilitate seamless bidirectional flows in the Energy Internet. Energy Internet will rely on wide spectrum of Information and Communication Technologies such as Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchains, Payment Interfaces, etc. This transformation is expected to be resultant of ongoing renewable energy transitions and evolution in the energy technologies such as smart grids, storage devices, vehicle-to-grid, etc. Energy Internet represents a radical transformation of traditional electricity system by orchestrating real-time bidirectional power, communication, and money flows. The concept of Energy Internet has emerged from the limitless possibilities of energy sharing networks formed by interconnection of electricity producers cum consumers (prosumers) with renewable energy sources/systems, electric loads, and storage devices.

Wireless smart utility network