Simulation And Analysis Of Wireless Mesh Network In

Simulation And Analysis Of Wireless Mesh Network In Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Master’s Thesis Proposal Philip Huynh

Colorado Springs AMI Communication Network 8 800 10/25/2021 2

Motivations �Reduce power plant fuel usage by accurate load prediction with real-time meter data �Wireless Mesh Network (WMN) can be a major component in the wireless network infrastructure for collecting meter data. ◦ IEEE 802. 16 Wi. MAX standard ◦ Longer distance 50 km (100 m for 802. 11 n) ◦ Bigger bandwidth 70 Mbps (45 Mbps for 802. 11 n) ◦ Low cost 10/25/2021 3

Goals �Develop tools and techniques for planning the Wi. MAX + Wi-Fi network for real-time meter data collection application. �Focus on performance and scalability of the WMN properties 10/25/2021 4

Challenges in Design and Deployment of WMN for AMI �Can the WMN meet the network performance requirements for real-time meter data collection? �Are the network topologies of WMN scalable? 10/25/2021 5

Approach �Develop a hybrid Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) with Wi. MAX and Wi-Fi for AMI. �Simulate the meter data reporting process in such a hybrid MAN. �Analyze the simulation results ◦ Meet the real time requirement? ◦ Investigate the scalability issue 10/25/2021 6

Tasks �Already Complete ◦ Developed a network model with hybrid WMN for AMI. ◦ Studied the NS-3 and NCTUns 6. 0 for simulating the network model with a large number nodes. �In Progress: Intent to complete in Spring 2010 Semester ◦ Develop a simulator for designing and evaluating the hybrid WMN with the meter reporting process �Future: Intent to complete in Spring 2010 Semester ◦ Analyze the simulation results ◦ Write thesis report 10/25/2021 7

Deliverables �A working simulator for the designing and deploying of hybrid WMNs for AMI. �The master thesis report. 10/25/2021 8

References � [1] “Smart Grid”, <http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Smart_grid> � [2] Edward Chow, “Secure Smart Grids”, Department of Computer Science, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, 2009. � [3] “Advanced Metering infrastructure”, National Energy Technology Laboratory white paper, February 2008. � [4] Prasant Mohapatra, “Wireless Mesh Networks”, Department of Computer Science University of California, Davis. � [5] I. F. Akyildiz, X. Wang, and W. Wang, "Wireless Mesh Networks: A Survey, " Computer Networks Journal (Elsevier), vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 445 -487, Mar. 2005. � [6] Srini Krishnamurthy, “Smart AMI Network Solutions Enable the Smart Grid”, Electric. Energy. Online. com, <http: //www. electricenergyonline. com/? page=show_article&mag=55&article=395> � [7] “Understanding Wi-Fi and Wi. MAX as Metro-Access Solutions”, Intel Corporation white paper, 2004. � [8] B. Liu, Z. Liu, and D. Towsley, "On the capacity of hybrid wireless networks", in Proceedings of IEEE INFOCOM, Mar. 2003, vol. 2, pp. 1543 -1552. � [9] S. Zhao and D. Raychaudhuri, "On the Scalability of Hierarchical Hybrid Wireless Networks, Proceedings of the Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS 2006), March 2006, pp. 711 -716. � [10] S. Zhao, I. Seskar and D. Raychaudhuri, "Performance and Scalability of Self- Organizing Hierarchical Ad-Hoc Wireless Networks, " Proceedings of the IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC'04), Atlanta, GA. March 2004, pp. 132 -137. 10/25/2021 9

References cont. � [11] J. –H. Huang, L. -C. Wang, C. -J. Chang, “Wireless Mesh Network: Architecture and Protocols”, chapter title “Architectures and Deployment Strategies for Wireless Mesh Networks”, Springer 2008. � [12] “OSI Model”, <http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/OSI_model> � [13] IEEE Standard 802 Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications, 2007. � [14] IEEE Standard 802 Part 15. 1: Wireless Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications for Personal Area Networks (WPANs), 2005. � [15] IEEE Standard 802 Part 16: Air Interface for Broadband Wireless Access Systems, 2009. � [16] Wi. MAX community, <http: //www. wimax. com> � [17] The Network Simulator Ns-2, <http: //www. isi. edu/nsnam/ns/> � [18] NCTUns 6. 0 Network Simulator and Emulator, <http: //nsl. csie. nctu. edu. tw/nctuns. html> � [19] “The Protocol Developer Manual for the NCTUns 6. 0”, Network and System Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan 2010. � [20] S. M. Huang, Y. C. Sung, S. Y. Wang, and Y. B. Lin, “NCTUns Simulation Tool for Wi. MAX Modeling, ” Third Annual International Wireless Internet Conference, October 22 – 24, 2007, Austin, Texas, USA. (EI and ISI indexed, sponsored by ICST, ACM, and EURASIP) � [21] N. B. Salem and J. -P. Hubaux, "Securing Wireless Mesh Networks, " Wireless Comm. , vol. 13, no. 2, 2006, pp. 50– 55. 10/25/2021 10

Tasks cont. Figure 1: AMI’s Communication Network Model using Wi-Fi, and Wi. MAX Figure 2: Meter. Reporting. Sim Application 10/25/2021 11

Tasks cont. Figure 3: Network Model is implemented with Network Simulator NCTUns 6. 0 10/25/2021 12