Philippe Chiummiento

• Itron Inc.

The Smart Grid is based on Advanced Metering Infrastructure that mostly relies on Narrow Band Power Line Communication (PLC). In such network, using a single communication interface does not fulfill the primary requirement of 99.99% reading rates and coverage. Hybrid communication, by adding an additional radio interface, is a solution to provide t...

The new standard for narrowband PLC-based communications IEEE P1901.2 defines two mechanisms which do not exist in the majority of its wireless counterparts — dynamic frequency mapping (tone mapping), and existence of several modulations. Until now, the benefit of these mechanisms was not taken explicitly into account by the routing protocols. In t...

Narrowband powerline communications are one of the core technologies for the evolution of the power grid enabling the dialogue between the power meters and the utilities. The new environment, traffic patterns and application requirements make the choice of network protocols in these networks non-trivial. In this paper, we analyse the behavior of th...

Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) is a key enabler of the Smart Grid. Narrowband Power Line Communication (PLC) technology is currently the preferred choice for many AMI use cases. Different PHY/MAC standards and dedicated routing protocols are emerging. New trustworthy models and simulation tools are needed for their evaluation in large scale...