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Public Carrier Networks for Smart Grids
Public cellular networks are ubiquitous around most of the world, and depending on the network technology, feature exceptional data capacity, high transfer rates, and a high level of responsiveness to...
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Satellite Communications for Smart Grid Applications
Over the past several years, smart grid initiatives around the world have focused largely on the deployment of smart meters. Increasingly, however, utilities worldwide are beginning to look at...
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Private Wireless Utility Field Area Networks
The term field area network (FAN) is applied to a network that is used to connect various devices located in an electric utility’s “field” of operations, including smart meters, concentrators,...
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Power Line Communications for Smart Grids
Utilities have been sending data and communications signals through power lines for nearly a century, but the increased deployment of advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) has thrust this type of...
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Wi-Fi Networks for Smart Grid Applications
More than a billion devices with Wi-Fi capability are sold globally each year. Once thought of strictly in terms of personal area networks for Internet access, the 802.11 Wi-Fi networking standard is...
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LTE Networks for Smart Grid Applications
Long Term Evolution (LTE) is seen by most as the gold standard of wireless technology today, but hurdles remain before it becomes a mainstream communications network option for utilities deploying...
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WiMAX Networks for Smart Grid Applications
Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) is a mature and widely-available wireless technology that has been deployed in smart grid communications networks globally. A relatively...
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Utility Mobile Workforce Management
The topic of mobile workforce management is not new to utilities. During the past 20 years, the value of mobilizing a workforce with devices, services, and applications has been clearly demonstrated....
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Smart Grid Networking and Communications
As the era of utility-driven smart grid projects enters its second decade, industry focus is expanding beyond smart meter deployments to include distribution automation projects that can quickly...
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