The electrical grid was not designed for the transmission of communication signals, which
are affected by impedance variations, attenuation, and Non-Intentional Emissions (NIEs) in …

Power line communications (PLC) have been an active research area for many years and it
is still the case, mainly because they present economic and technical natural advantages for …

Advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) subsystems monitor and control energy distribution
through exchange of information between smart meters and utility networks. A key challenge …

Demand‐side management comprises a portfolio of actions on the consumers' side to
ensure reliable power indices from the electrical system. The home energy management …

This work proposes an adaptive data compression mechanism to reduce the flow in the
communication infrastructure of the advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), providing a …

The integration of Distributed Generation, Electric Vehicles, and storage without
compromising the quality of the power delivery requires the deployment of a …

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructures are at the heart of
emerging Smart Grid scenarios with high penetration of Distributed Energy Resources …

Knowledge of the conducted emissions in the frequency range 2–150 kHz contains some
gaps related to the impact of the harmonics in the supply voltage on the nature of these …

This paper proposes a novel receiver signal-conditioning circuit for Powerline Carrier (PLC)
applications in medium-voltage, Single-Wire Earth Return (SWER) networks. The primary …

Security in critical infrastructures such as the power grid is of vital importance. The Smart
Grid puts power grid classical security approach on the ropes, since it introduces …