The role of power line communications in the smart grid revisited: applications, challenges, and research initiatives

G. López, J. Matanza, D. Vega, M. Castro, A. Arrinda, J.I. Moreno, A. Sendín

IEEE Access Vol. 7, pp. 117346 - 117368

Resumen:
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 a wide range of applications using the existing electrical grid as transmission medium. In this paper, the authors provide an update on PLC technologies and their applications in Smart Grids, the main challenges they are currently facing, how they can be addressed, and the current research initiatives.

Palabras Clave: Communications Networks, Communications Technologies, Power Line Communications, Smart Grids

Índice de impacto JCR y cuartil WoS: 3,745 - Q1 (2019); 3,900 - Q2 (2022)

Referencia DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2928391

Publicado en papel: 2019.

Publicado on-line: Julio 2019.

Cita:
G. López, J. Matanza, D. Vega, M. Castro, A. Arrinda, J.I. Moreno, A. Sendín, The role of power line communications in the smart grid revisited: applications, challenges, and research initiatives. IEEE Access. Vol. 7, pp. 117346 - 117368, 2019. [Online: Julio 2019]