This paper presents an in-depth evaluation of Wireless Sensor Networks. Wireless Sensor Networks have been highlighted as the major component that enables the development of modern infrastructures, such as the Smart G...This paper presents an in-depth evaluation of Wireless Sensor Networks. Wireless Sensor Networks have been highlighted as the major component that enables the development of modern infrastructures, such as the Smart Grid. As part of an on-going edification process on the subject matter, this paper brings to fore the many important functions and components of Wireless Sensor Networks, including application areas, functional architectures, physical topological design, communication protocols, routing schemes and Wireless Sensor Network hardware capabilities.展开更多
This paper presents issues and trepidations associated with transferring from conventional methods of electricity monitoring and distribution to the cyberspace, especially in developing countries like Nigeria where cu...This paper presents issues and trepidations associated with transferring from conventional methods of electricity monitoring and distribution to the cyberspace, especially in developing countries like Nigeria where current approaches have failed to provide regular, reliable electric power. The Smart Power Grid is a developing concept already put to test, successfully, in very advanced countries. The implementation of the Smart Grid will include the deployment of many new technologies and multiple communication infrastructures. Connecting the electricity grid to the Internet can provide a lot of advantages in terms of control, data viewing and generation. However, in Nigeria, the proposal to transfer conventional methods to the Smart Grid has perhaps not hit the deck yet because of excessive focus on power generation, and because of the annotated reservations associated with the Internet, as the Smart Grid involves circulation and dispersal via inter-networking structures. This paper describes the key technologies that support Power Grid substation automation, summarizes the mode of implementation into the existing Nigerian electrical infrastructure and brings fore issues and mitigating approaches to provide a seamless and securitised transfer of the current power grid to the Smart Grid.展开更多
The growth in wireless technologies applications makes the necessity of providing a reliable communication over wireless networks become obvious.Guaranteeing real time communication in wireless medium poses a signific...The growth in wireless technologies applications makes the necessity of providing a reliable communication over wireless networks become obvious.Guaranteeing real time communication in wireless medium poses a significant challenge due to its poor delivery reliability.In this study,a recovery and redundancy model based on sequential time division multiple access(S-TDMA)for wireless communication is developed.The media access control(MAC)layer of the S-TDMA determines which station should transmit at a given time slot based on channel state of the station.Simulations of the system models were carried out using MATLAB SIMULINK software.SIMULINK blocks from the signal processing and communication block sets were used to model the communication system.The S-TDMA performance is evaluated with total link reliability,system throughput,average probability of correct delivery before deadline and system latency.The evaluation results displayed in graphs when compared with instant retry and drop of frame were found to be reliable in recovering loss packets.展开更多
文摘This paper presents an in-depth evaluation of Wireless Sensor Networks. Wireless Sensor Networks have been highlighted as the major component that enables the development of modern infrastructures, such as the Smart Grid. As part of an on-going edification process on the subject matter, this paper brings to fore the many important functions and components of Wireless Sensor Networks, including application areas, functional architectures, physical topological design, communication protocols, routing schemes and Wireless Sensor Network hardware capabilities.
文摘This paper presents issues and trepidations associated with transferring from conventional methods of electricity monitoring and distribution to the cyberspace, especially in developing countries like Nigeria where current approaches have failed to provide regular, reliable electric power. The Smart Power Grid is a developing concept already put to test, successfully, in very advanced countries. The implementation of the Smart Grid will include the deployment of many new technologies and multiple communication infrastructures. Connecting the electricity grid to the Internet can provide a lot of advantages in terms of control, data viewing and generation. However, in Nigeria, the proposal to transfer conventional methods to the Smart Grid has perhaps not hit the deck yet because of excessive focus on power generation, and because of the annotated reservations associated with the Internet, as the Smart Grid involves circulation and dispersal via inter-networking structures. This paper describes the key technologies that support Power Grid substation automation, summarizes the mode of implementation into the existing Nigerian electrical infrastructure and brings fore issues and mitigating approaches to provide a seamless and securitised transfer of the current power grid to the Smart Grid.
文摘The growth in wireless technologies applications makes the necessity of providing a reliable communication over wireless networks become obvious.Guaranteeing real time communication in wireless medium poses a significant challenge due to its poor delivery reliability.In this study,a recovery and redundancy model based on sequential time division multiple access(S-TDMA)for wireless communication is developed.The media access control(MAC)layer of the S-TDMA determines which station should transmit at a given time slot based on channel state of the station.Simulations of the system models were carried out using MATLAB SIMULINK software.SIMULINK blocks from the signal processing and communication block sets were used to model the communication system.The S-TDMA performance is evaluated with total link reliability,system throughput,average probability of correct delivery before deadline and system latency.The evaluation results displayed in graphs when compared with instant retry and drop of frame were found to be reliable in recovering loss packets.
