Research Article
Simulation of Powerline Communication with OMNeT++ in (static) Smart Grids
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.simutools.2011.238604, author={Holger Kellerbauer and Holger Hirsch}, title={Simulation of Powerline Communication with OMNeT++ in (static) Smart Grids}, proceedings={4th International ICST Workshop on OMNeT++}, publisher={ACM}, proceedings_a={OMNET++}, year={2012}, month={4}, keywords={Broadband Powerline Communication InHouse Smart Grid}, doi={10.4108/icst.simutools.2011.238604} }- Holger Kellerbauer
Holger Hirsch
Year: 2012
Simulation of Powerline Communication with OMNeT++ in (static) Smart Grids
OMNET++
ACM
DOI: 10.4108/icst.simutools.2011.238604
Abstract
This paper describes the implementation of power line communication (PLC) systems in OMNeT with help of the INET framework. Because PLC is in not yet fully standardized, the attempt is a little bit different from just copying an existing protocol for OMNeT.The objective is to supply a toolkit which can be configured to work as close to reality as possible like a desired powerline variant in a short time effort. Through the help module DataCollector, the run time statistics of very large networks can be simulated. An important notice is that this work is embedded into the EEnergy (http://www.e-energy.de/) project E-DeMa (http://www.e- dema.com/de/index.html), which focuses on smart grid applications. The in home smart grid scenario is, by practical means, a rather static one, so protocols for dynamic network changes are not yet implemented, and apart from that, some more work must be done in the near future to simulate all properties of
powerline communication.