Enhanced evolutionary heuristic approaches for remote metering smart grid networks. Issue 6 (1st November 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Miao, Hui; Chen, Guo; Dong, Zhaoyang
• Is Part Of: IET networks. Volume 5:Issue 6(2016)
• Page Start: 153
• Page End: 161
• Publication Date: 2016-11-01
• Subjects: evolutionary computation -- smart meters -- smart power grids -- pattern clustering -- statistical analysis -- particle swarm optimisation; smart meters network -- statistical analysis -- powerful nodes -- data centres -- particle swarm optimisation clustering approach -- discrete differential evolutionary clustering approach -- communication infrastructure -- smart grid network -- remote metering -- enhanced evolutionary heuristic approach; Computer network architectures -- Periodicals; Computer network protocols -- Periodicals; Information networks -- Periodicals; Telecommunication systems -- Periodicals; 004.605
• DOI: 10.1049/iet-net.2016.0003
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2047-4954

Abstract

Abstract : For a smart grid network, the communication infrastructure is an important part to provide the stability and reliability. To build an efficient communication network is crucial for the success of a smart grid network. This study improves the previous published work by proposing two novel evolutionary heuristic approaches (discrete differential evolutionary clustering approach and particle swarm optimisation clustering approach) to obtain the minimum number and location of the powerful nodes to fulfil the connectivity requirement of a smart meters network. The contribution of this study includes the designing and implementing of the two novel evolutionary heuristic approaches which could significantly improve the optimal solution [the least number of the local data centres (powerful nodes)] for a smart meter network which has arbitrary number of smart meters (ordinary nodes) with arbitrary transmission range. Comprehensive case studies and numerical statistical analysis demonstrate that the approaches could efficiently obtain better optimal results, and the connectivity of the smart meter network could be fulfilled with minimum number of the powerful nodes.