TY - CHAP A1 - Zenger, Gerhard A1 - Kenner, Susanne A1 - Volbert, Klaus A1 - Waas, Thomas A1 - Kucera, Markus T1 - Acquiring energy data from a medium-voltage grid for future smart grid solutions: A practical smart grid application example realized by use of cellular communication networks of the 2nd and 3rd generation T2 - Proceedings of the 11th Workshop on Intelligent Solutions in Embedded Systems (WISES), 10-11 Sept. 2013, Pilsen, Czech Republic N2 - In this paper we present a practical example of the use of Cellular Communication standards like GPRS and UMTS in a Smart Grid Application. For a more detailed view we demonstrate a possible implementation of Cellular Communication Technologies in a data acquisition application for the collection of energy indicators in a medium-voltage grid. Furthermore, we show a technical overview of relevant and common mobile communication standards available in Germany. The included theoretical examples, Smart Grid scenarios, presented data and results are based on a research project for intelligent power regulation in medium-voltage grids performed in Regensburg (Germany). It is a joint project' of the University of Applied Sciences Regensburg together with a local energy provider and a manufacturer for distribution network systems. KW - Mobile communication KW - Medium voltage KW - Standards KW - Smart grids KW - Feeds KW - Ground penetrating radar Y1 - 2013 UR - https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6664954 SN - 978-3-00-042899-9 SP - 1 EP - 8 PB - IEEE ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kenner, Susanne A1 - Thaler, Raphael A1 - Kucera, Markus A1 - Volbert, Klaus A1 - Waas, Thomas T1 - Comparison of Smart Grid architectures for monitoring and analyzing power grid data via Modbus and REST JF - EURASIP Journal on Embedded Systems N2 - Smart grid, smart metering, electromobility, and the regulation of the power network are keywords of the transition in energy politics. In the future, the power grid will be smart. Based on different works, this article presents a data collection, analyzing, and monitoring software for a reference smart grid. We discuss two possible architectures for collecting data from energy analyzers and analyze their performance with respect to real-time monitoring, load peak analysis, and automated regulation of the power grid. In the first architecture, we analyze the latency, needed bandwidth, and scalability for collecting data over the Modbus TCP/IP protocol and in the second one over a RESTful web service. The analysis results show that the solution with Modbus is more scalable as the one with RESTful web service. However, the performance and scalability of both architectures are sufficient for our reference smart grid and use cases. KW - smart grid KW - real-time monitoring KW - Modbus KW - HTTP performance KW - Intelligentes Stromnetz KW - Referenzmodell KW - Monitoring Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13639-016-0045-7 VL - 2017 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kenner, Susanne A1 - Thaler, Raphael A1 - Kucera, Markus A1 - Volbert, Klaus A1 - Waas, Thomas T1 - Smart Grid architecture for monitoring and analyzing, including modbus and REST performance comparison T2 - International Workshop on Intelligent Solutions in Embedded Systems (WISES), 12th, 29.-30. Oct. 2015, Ancona, Italy N2 - Smart Grid, Smart Metering, Electromobility and the regulation of the power network are keywords of the transition in energy policies. In the future, the power grid will be smart. Due to this the OTH Regensburg does research in this area based on different projects. This paper presents a data collection, analyzing and monitoring software for a reference Smart Grid. We discuss two possible architectures for collecting data from energy analyzers. The performance is analyzed with respect to real-time monitoring, analyzing load peaks and automated regulation of the power grid. KW - Software KW - Computer architecture KW - Smart grids KW - Protocols KW - Databases KW - Servers KW - TCPIP Y1 - 2015 UR - https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7356988 SN - 978-8-8875-4808-2 SP - 96 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Thelen, Simon A1 - Volbert, Klaus A1 - Nunes, Danilo Weber T1 - A Survey on Algorithmic Problems in Wireless Systems T2 - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Sensor Networks (SENSORNETS), Vol 1, Feb 23, 2023 - Feb 24, 2023, Lisbon, Portugal N2 - Considering the ongoing growth of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) and the challenges they pose due to their hardware limitations as well as the intrinsic complexity of their interactions, specialized algorithms have the potential to help solving these challenges. We present a survey on recent developments regarding algorithmic problems which have applications in wireless systems and WSNs in particular. Focusing on the intersection between WSNs and algorithms, we give an overview of recent results inside this intersection, concerning topics such as routing, interference minimization, latency reduction, localization among others. Progress on solving these problems could be potentially beneficial for the industry as a whole by increasing network throughput, reducing latency or making systems more energy-efficient. We summarize and structure these recent developments and list interesting open problems to be investigated in future works. KW - Algorithms KW - WSNs KW - Survey KW - Network Construction KW - Routing KW - Interference KW - Localization KW - Charging KW - Latency Y1 - 2023 SN - 978-989-758-635-4 U6 - https://doi.org/10.5220/0011791200003399 SP - 101 EP - 111 PB - SCITEPRESS - Science and Technology Publications ER -